Penny Johnson Jerald

With 'Deep Space Nine,' I learned that when you get a script, you should give honor to the writer. On 'Larry Sanders,'…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

As a female, you either have a whole bunch of female friends or none.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

My moral obligation is to God. I won't curse in God's name.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

To be perfectly honest, I have not watched 'Discovery,' I was ignorant of the fact that it was even coming out. I…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I wasn't an avid watcher of the original 'Star Trek.' But they'd pull out this thing to communicate without wires and you…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I love a good challenge.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

The final scenes in 'Rain' are just like my mother-in-law when she would sit under the window in my sitting room -…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

If it violates me physically, then it's not worth it to me. There will always be another job where you don't have…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Actors are adults playing hide-and-ego-seek.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I think I take away a naturalistic approach to acting from doing 'The Larry Sanders Show,' a way to put aside acting…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I'm the TV girl.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Give me the action. I come from a place of fighters. My father was a fighter, a boxer, and Penny loves to…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Often, you don't want to know too much, because it does affect your performance. When you're shooting a series for nine months…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I won't consider a script if there's nothing redeeming about it. I can't do shoot-'em-up, bang-up shows.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I'll take a secret to my grave. I'm really good at that.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I've been in some wonderful shows, but nothing holds a candle to 'The Larry Sanders Show.'

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I believe I never finished playing Sherry Palmer, that's why when the thought they shot and killed me, Penny's butt kept breathing…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

It feels good to be a couple of characters, sometimes in the same day.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Working on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' everything was there on the paper and in the room and within the four walls when…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

If you dream of becoming an eagle, you follow your dreams and not the words of a bunch of chickens.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I actually believe more in outer space in Virginia, because I can look up at the sky and count the stars.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Well, traditionally, my husband and I go back to our farm in Virginia but we do Christmas every day. We truly do.…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Most of us got jobs right after 'The Larry Sanders Show' because of 'The Larry Sanders Show.' I know that for a…

— Penny Johnson Jerald