Julia Louis-Dreyfus

"I grew up here in Washington, D.C., back during the quaint, old-fashioned "Rule of Law" period."

"As a great fan of the work of Mark Twain, I was so sorry when I recently learned he was dead. My thoughts and prayers go out to the whole Twain family. Especially the wonderful Shania."

"Laughter is a basic human need, along with love, and food, and an HBO subscription."

"Everybody needs laughs, so the fact that Ive had the opportunity to make people laugh for a living is one of the many blessings that I have received in my life."

"I was not acting. I couldnt! I thought she was funny, charming, beautiful, intelligent every single second I ever spent with her, onstage and off. Bingo! No acting required."

"Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as far as I was concerned, was the key to the success of the show."