Mary-Louise: I’m really angry that someone who is a singer, or an athlete, or a politician, or a model — whatever — can turn around and [act] and it will be accepted… They can be an actor. No one blinks an eye!

Mary-Louise: (On the types of roles she portrays) I tend to play people who are uninhibited emotionally

Mary-Louise: (remaining tight-lipped on her split from Billy Crudup) I didn’t comment on my personal life when everyone thought it was boring and now that it’s exciting, I don’t comment on it either

Mary-Louise: (on her character on Weeds) My character is not always completely likeable but that’s what I like about it. I just think she’s somebody who’s really repressed and damaged from something horrible that has happened to her, and this is how she’s dealing with it

Mary-Louise: I count my blessing every minute I get a chance… How did I get so lucky? I have a wonderful life! A son that I adore, a show that I get to meet people like Snoop Dogg on, that guy is a riot, he is great company

Mary-Louise: I try to see the positive in everyday, to be a negative energy is just so draining on everyone. Pretty soon, no one wants to hang out, if you have too many hang-ups about the rotten parts of your day

Mary-Louise: My favorite role was in Fried Green Tomatoes. There were so many stories and lives woven through that movie, that made a wonderful tale of human emotion and relationships

Mary-Louise: People say that you shouldn’t judge, but I disagree. Without judgement we wouldn’t have a set of what is right and what is good.

Mary-Louise: I thought I knew what love was, until I had this beautiful baby boy. That love is impenetrable, it is pure. Nothing can touch that. You can tell me things about myself and I may believe you to a point. If you try and tell me something about the way I feel about my son, it won’t work. That love is so pure and it is so rare in this world

Mary-Louise: I was devastated when I found out that my boyfriend was leaving me for another woman, I was seven months pregnant, for crying out loud! I was also devastated when I ran out of chocolate milk, things pass, life goes on.

Mary-Louise: If someone would have told me ten years ago, that I would be playing a soccer-mom and a drug dealer, and they would be the same person…I would of thought you were crazy. But here, I am, a soccer mom that deals marijuana to the town each week on television.

Mary-Louise: “Don’t have a fall back, because if you do, you’ll fall back.”

Mary-Louise: “I’ll take any trophy. I don’t care what it says on it.”

Mary-Louise: “I just get to go to work with such great actors who are so talented, especially Elizabeth (Perkins). You are so wonderful and kind and good and wonderful and sexy and great, and I just want to make out with all of you.”

Mary-Louise: “I was really surprised. I thought Felicity [Huffman ] would win. I think we’re all desperate housewives. My character is just a little bit more desperate than theirs.”

Mary-Louise: “I don’t think it’s that controversial. I’m really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I thought people would be more offended by [this series] than they are. I’m surprised they weren’t.”

Mary-Louise: “The first thing I ever bought for myself was a green Lacoste shirt.”