K ellie Martin, ER's hapless Lucy Knight, got her role on TV's No. 1 show without an audition. But Martin, 23, had to leave Yale. "My agents were, like, 'Girlfriend, get on a plane, a train. Just get here.' " The newly engaged Martin shares some of her favorites.

ER moment: "The kiss on the cheek every morning from George Clooney [the ex-Dr. Doug Ross]. I miss that."

Gender moment: "I love getting away with a lot of stuff [laughs]. You know, like when you're pulled over by a cop. 'Oh, was I going fast? So sorry, officer. I have to go to the bathroom and I had to get home.' ''

Engagement moment: "I was on a plane and I couldn't stop staring at my ring. I never had any kind of diamond. He picked it out. If he had asked me, I would have said, 'Get a smaller one.' He's a law student!"

TV character: "I love getting to be goofy and funny for a change. It's so much easier to go to work and laugh. I spent two years on Life Goes On crying my eyes out."

ER gaffe: "I walked right out of my clogs [in front of Clooney and Anthony Edwards], fell right on my face, in the middle of my dialogue."

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