Quotes

"I'm the queen of critically acclaimed failed television series. After all these years in television, I never have known a series to go more than one year, I've got friends who have been on shows for five years and I go, 'What's that like?"(Source:Houston Chronicle September 5, 1999)

"I don't know anyone else who has been on as many shows as I have at my age and hasn't had a hit, You'd think a track record like that would discourage people from hiring me. But I think it works in my favor. Because I've had the opportunity to work a lot and not be pigeonholed. Maybe there's something to this one season- and-out thing."(Source:Houston Chronicle September 5, 1999)

Science was not hard for me. I just like it. It's a very creative field, and there's always something new to learn.

My hobby is science - actually molecular biology - and in-between jobs I've slowly been continuing my studies. I'm on a very long road to getting my bachelors, and actually, when this script was sent to me I'd taken a couple years off to study molecular biology, and my agent called me and said, 'Debrah, here is one I think you are going to love, because it combines science with great characters and intriguing stories.' So yeah, I brought some of that to the plate.

Just after the first moon landing, I heard if you had $100,000 you could go to the moon as a civilian. I was excited and immediately started saving my money in a bank account for my future moon trip. Eventually, I wound up using it for my college education.

I love the sci-fi genre because you get to go beyond what your typical life might be, like playing a housewife and mom was fun on La famille Green (1999) , but it was sort of reflecting into my own regular life, and as an actor, when you get into this genre, you get to explore more complex issues, and your reality gets skewed to reflect that.