Martha Plimpton

"That's the thing about interviews, at some point you're going to change your mind. But it's there forever and you can't escape it."

"The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way."

"I prefer to think of the audience as a single living organism with which I am sharing a singular, never-to-be-repeated experience."

"It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil."

"It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits."

"My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything."