“I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you' so loosely.”

“I just want to do shows because you get to see, over all the seasons, the person grow, and you get to grow with the character. That transformation, for me, is what I love about my job. I get to learn about myself and challenge myself and grow with the character. For me, it's a whole process of learning and growing.”

“I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's really important that's a problem, like alcoholism and bad parenting. It's done in a funny, smart way.”

“I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you' so loosely.”