"Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him."

"And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have."

"And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read."

"And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press."

"Because my mother died when I was young, I don't take anything for granted at all."

"Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun."

"Boys are easy. They're louder and smellier, but they're emotionally easier. They get over stuff quicker. They're not moody. They're very simple, and they like simple things."

"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."

"But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls."

"But I would like to do at least one episode where Debra and Raymond really get along."

In negotiations with Buena Vista Television to host her own daytime talk show in 2007. (March 25, 2006)

Heaton and Mel Gibson are weighing in on a controversial US euthanasia battle, urging the husband of coma victim Terri Schiavo to sign over the care of his wife to her parents instead of fighting to let her die. (Marsh 23, 2005)

Apologized to Michelle Pfeiffer after claiming the movie star had undergone plastic surgery at the hands of her own doctor. (October 10, 2002)

According to Ray Romano, Patricia won the role of Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) because she was the only actress willing to kiss him at the auditions. It actually came down to a draw between her and Jane Sibbet - NBC liked Sibbet, but Romano preferred Patricia, who was much closer to how he pictured Debra, and the producers backed him up.

All of her children were born by Caesarian section. The damage to her body was repaired with plastic surgery.

Auditioned for the role as Elaine on Seinfeld (1990).

Graduated from Ohio State University in 1980 with a BA in Theater.

Her brother, Michael Heaton, who writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is getting involved in show business as a writer.

Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life - a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization established 30 years ago which opposes domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion - the cause to which she was most passionately drawn.

Irish-American.

A sister of the Delta Gamma sorority.

Spokeswoman for Jewel Food Stores in Chicago, Illinois (an Albertson's Company).

Spokeswoman for supermarkets owned by Alberstons, Inc., including Albertsons (West Coast, Rocky Mountain, Great Plains and Gulf Coast States), Acme Markets (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania), and Jewel-Osco (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin).

Told Entertainment Tonight (1981) she was considering adopting a child. She already has four sons (none adopted). All four of her sons appear with her in the latest Jewel commercial when she's at home going over details of a party and her sons are all watching TV and checking off items she lists. [November 2001]

While at Bay High School she sang in the choir, performed in the Stage Band, and was a member of the Rockettes Drill Team with the Bay Rockets' Marching Band