The really cool challenge of '24' was learning on camera how to be a dramatic actress. The biggest difficulty was the industry side of things. I was very lucky that I had Joel Surnow, one of the creators of '24,' in my corner. Early on, the Fox executives couldn't believe that I was on the show.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your waitress!' I would create the jokes based on the character I was playing. It was always a performance-based thing for me.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that's sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I read a fan bulletin board once, and somebody said I had a face like a potato, so I never went back on there.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Chloe is really just like an exaggerated aspect of myself.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she's not just annoying. It's that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn't have time because she has so much going on in her brain.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there's not enough time in the day to do everything.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I'm not married and I don't think that's going to work out for me. I'm not even bitter, I'm just exhausted.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I like America. I think it's pretty cool.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.'

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

'24' is not an anti-government show, really. We've always relied on Jack to fight for the greater good in his own way, and at times, '24' is very patriotic. For me personally, I definitely pay attention to things in a different way.

Mary Lynn Rajskub