But I was working with such a great group of people. I just felt so safe up there on stage with them. But the first night I was definitely nervous.
But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.
Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.
I don't smoke, I try to eat right, and I love doing yoga and going for hikes with my dog.
I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job.
I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it.
I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot.
I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track.
I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder.
I think that we had a really loyal, great audience on Tuesdays and we were hoping that with the move, they would come with us. It looks like they have, so things are good and we are going to keep building.
I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role.
I was a vegetarian for years and I just came back to meat, so eating pickled pigs' hooves would not have been good.
I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do.
I would like to think that I'm more different from my character than I am.
I'm having the time of my life. I've never looked forward to going to work so much every day. I'm loving it; it's great. It's what I love to do and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else.
I'm okay with the medical jargon.
I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat.
In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role.
It was really cool going to Sea World. We had an amazing time. They were amazing to us. We got to swim with the dolphins, and it was really special.
It's never boring - you get to do the crazy fantasy scenes and the second you think you know your character, they throw you a curveball.
No, but we started this thing at work called the Scrubs Factor. It's our own little Fear Factor. Last week the challenge was eating pickled pigs' hooves.
Plus, I have a huge fear of flying.
Roseanne was incredible to work with. She was extremely bright.
So the first season about halfway through he just sort of put us together and then broke us up all within one episode. One of the ideas is to have us do that once a year - to have everything blow up in our faces and not work out.
The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver.
Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.
We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and being able to hang out and have a good time.
Well, we film it on the site of what used to be a real hospital for 30 years. So many people continue to think it's still functional.
What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients?
Yeah, and you really feel comfortable with each other. We're not so self-conscious, and we will just try things. And you know, if something doesn't work or you fall flat on your face, it doesn't matter, nobody cares. We all just laugh, and then we'll get up again to try something else.
Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning.
When I first opened the script and read the pilot, I was laughing out loud. I just hadn't seen anything on the air like it and I wanted to be a part of it." - on Scrub
Before getting Scrubs, I had always threatened myself I'd have to become a dental hygienist if I quit acting - to me, that would be the hardest job. I would tell myself, 'Just stick it out for a little longer.' It definitely was a turning point." - about how Scrubs changed her lif
Took over the role of Becky on "Roseanne" (1988) from Alicia Goranson in 1993.
Said she would like to take a break from acting and attend college. [2001]
Played older sister of Sara Gilbert on "Roseanne" (1988), but is younger in real life. [1993-1997]
Attended the 1999 CCMA award ceremony, and presented an award for the best single of the year. [13 September 1999]
Appeared in local Vancouver theater productions, at age 8.
Is fluent in French and German.
She volunteers at a hospice for terminally ill children and works for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
In her leisure time, Chalke prefers cooking with friends (especially Thai and sushi), playing the guitar, hiking, skiing (she's an instructor), snowboarding, kayaking and reading.
Her father is a lawyer and both her parents are mediators who also run a child adoption agency. Two years ago, she accompanied her parents to China to coordinate the adoption of several orphans there.
She is vegetarian. Initially her father was not, but he eventually gave in due to family pressure.
Sarah grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
She has dogs named Harley and Tankers.
Played Markie Post's daughter in the horror film I've Been Waiting for You (1998) (TV) and Post also plays her mom as a guest star on Sarah's sitcom, "Scrubs" (2001).
At times on the set of "Scrubs" (2001), Sarah is referred to as "Becky #2" in response to her being the second "Becky" on "Roseanne" (1988).
When she was a few credits short of a college degree, she decided to commit to acting full time.
She has a brown Labrador named Lola, which the "Scrubs" (2001) cast bought her at a charity auction.
She shares her birthday with actresses Alexa Vega and Chandra Wilson.
Has a younger sister named Piper.
Has an older sister named Natasha.
Engaged to entertainment lawyer Jaime Afifi. [December 2006]
Close friend with "Scrubs" (2001) co-star Zach Braff.
Her first on-camera kiss was in the 1992 movie City Boy (1992) (TV), shot at Lighthouse Park in Vancouver.
Close friend with actresses Christa Miller and Nicole Sullivan.
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