She can't be that smart. She's married to a, ahem, frenchman.

I remember an interview where she said that she kind of fell into acting. She had always thought that actors were kind of dumb and flakey.

Where would she get that idea?

And marrying a Frenchman doesn't necessarily make her dumb. John Malkovich lives in France, and he threatens to punch people out when they start bad-mouthing America.

Was that him who threatened to crack someone in the jaw or someone else? Well, it was somebody. I know Malkovich at least tells people they're full of shit when they slam America.

Her dad's a neurologist and a world-renowned expert on migraine. I knew about him before ever hearing about her.
In any case, she has a very intelligent man for a father and may have inherited a nice IQ.

She also stated she was a virgin on her wedding night. I remember reading an interview where she said (I paraphrase) that she thought her virginity was precious and she didn't just want to give it away. Wasn't she in her early thirties when she was married? She's smart, pretty, talented, and has self control and self respect to boot. What a rare bird she is in Hollyweird.

When are Arrested Development Season 2 DVDs coming out?

I stand corrected: If what you say is true, I love John Malkovich. I'll ignore the fact that Depp also lives in France and, as you know, a total asshat.

Coincidentally, her "Phoebe" character was pretty much the only one on that horrid show whom I vaguely liked. Only reason I sat through all of half a dozen episodes over the years.

She's still not going to read your script.

Not laugh out loud hilarious, but frequently chuckleworthy, and, just like David Brent, there's so much pathos here you can't help but feel sympathy for her, even though she's a self-absorbed, self-promoting halfwit.

Or Major Frank Burns, as played by the great (and horribly undernoticed, underrated) Larry Linville on M*A*S*H from '72 to '77. Is there anyone else here who found his comedy on the early years of the show as excellent as Alda's and Stevenson's? I still seek out reruns of those episodes, which unfortunately have been getting hard to find again on good ol' free TV (I should probably just spring the bucks for the bloomin' DVD sets).

And an additional note re Kudrow... I recall a few years ago when semi-conservative, semi-libertarian radio host Larry Elder appeared on Leno to promote his then-new book, The 10 Things You Can't Say in America... the next day a caller to his show asked how Kudrow (who had appeared before him and sat by him on the couch) had treated him. Elder said that not only was she *not* a snobby liberal jerk... she had (gasp) READ THE BOOK, said she enjoyed it, and asked thoughful questions about it!! I could have passed out...

Another overly long post, but hopefully you'll all forgive me. God bless ya Ace...

I'll ignore the fact that Depp also lives in France and, as you know, a total asshat.

Yes, but (affecting Jon Lovitz voice) He's our grrrrreatest living actor!!!

She was a biology major at Vasser.

She invented Post-It's

She invented Post-It

No, Art Fry did.

Uh, cheshirecat, I believe blaster is referring to "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion," in which Mira Sorvino's character claimed to have invented Post-Its.

On the Arrested Development tip, what's up with the DVD not being released until late October? They best speed that up .... watching mulptiple shows in a row is a much easier way to get to like it (anyone I've gotten to sit through a whole disc has been converted, but you have to get them to that point first), and if they got Season 2 out there they might build more of an audience for Season 3.

By the way, what the hell happened last season? I've been thinking back on it and trying to reconstruct it and there were just too damn many plot arcs. Sigh. I must bide my time.

Nose job.

While my opinion of Kudrow has gone up since reading all the posts in this forum, I still think the show is pretty sad to watch. Really depressing. Then again, I'm the sort of person who feels bad for the characters. I didn't realize that Adaptation was a comedy until I read the DVD cover and was deeply saddened while watching Meet the Parents (I know it was a comedy but I really felt bad for the guy).

The best ditzy female characters have always been played by sharp women. Gracie Allen is epitome of this. George Burns said she was the mastermind of their act and often his primary function was to keep a straight face. It took a long time for him to find his second career after she died.