Christina Applegate (Actor)

"I want to break shit. I want to really go off on a room, just flip out and have it all be documented on film." - Applegate on what she would like to do in a movie to Movieline's Hollywood Life, July/August 2004

"I'm really grateful that acting is the job that was chosen for me," she says. "I get really lost when I'm not working. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with myself. Thank God for dance class and The New York Times crossword puzzle and 'American Idol.' But acting is what I really have to do." - Applegate to CNN.com, April 14, 2008

"This needed to happen for me to become a better person, a better artist. After talking to a lot of people I respect, it hit me: 'If I don't do this, I will regret it for the rest of my life.'" - Applegate on starring in the Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity" to CNN.com, March 1, 2005

Applegate on her battle with breast cancer to ABC News' "Good Morning America" (Aug. 18, 2008):

"Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes," she said. "And I think that's — it's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to."

"I've laughed so much in the last three weeks," she said. "I love living, and I really love my life, and I knew that from this moment on it was only going to be good that was going to be coming. Yeah, I'll face challenges, but you can't get any darker than where I've been. So knowing that in my soul gave me the strength to just say, `I have to get out there and make this a positive.'"

On Aug. 3, 2008, Applegate's publicist reported that the actress is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. On Aug. 18, 2008, Applegate spoke with ABC News' "Good Morning America" to say that she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago and will undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months.