Quotes from Alex Borstein

I've spent most of my life writing and developing everything that I've wanted to be in - which is why I started writing in the first place.

My uncle is a hemophiliac, and my brother is one as well. I am a carrier, and it's a disease that my kids also deal with. It's something that has affected my family and I for so long, and I think it's actually what drove me to comedy as a means to cope during tough times.

I still get very uncomfortable and flushed on the street if somebody recognizes me or stops me. I don't know what to say. It's uncomfortable and strange.

Every comic is really a frustrated rock star.

I think all shows change as they age as do the people who make the shows. As do the people who watch the shows. All targets are moving.

If for no other reason than it's just fun to watch people age, and it's fun to watch what happened to '80s hairdos and outfits, and what they look like now.

Being an outsider helps breed comedy.

I think this [Feels like Christmas] is one of the greatest, most unsung albums ever. It's Cyndi Lauper, and it's called Hat Full Of Stars. She's so underrated.

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

I have always been a HUGE Star Wars fan since I was like 5 years old. Most of us in the writers room at Family Guy were big nerds growing up and could recite almost any scene from Star Wars.

My biggest fear is the ocean. It's a great big, powerful sea toilet.