All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

Any mom who tells you that she does it effortlessly is not telling the truth.

I know first-hand the challenges that come with being an on-the-go mom, and I am constantly looking for great products that fit into my busy schedule. I've tried every goop and elixir known to man.

If your potential mate does not have the same perspective that you do then you're going to be lost.

Charity should always be a constant.

I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour.

I grew up at 'All My Children;' I got married, had a daughter and made life-long friends there!

I don't watch a lot of TV. I am madly in love, I'm a big sap, I'm madly in love with Extreme Makeover Home Edition. I cry every week.

When someone gradually leaves your life, that's one thing because you get used to the end of it. When somebody disappears, it takes all of your control away. It leaves you frantic.

Emily Procter getting pregnant changed the show for me. I got so much more involved, which was so much fun! Now I feel like an action figure Barbie.

The hardest thing for a sane person to do is not care what anyone thinks, although everyone swears by it, hence our glorification of insanity.

Angels do walk among us. Sometimes the only thing we may not see are the wings resting upon their backs.

There should be no inferiors and no superiors for true world friendship.

In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.

Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever.

Love is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being.

When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault.

I would really think twice about being a fashion designer if I was young right now, especially being an independent fashion designer the way I started it.

The only thing I have done religiously in my life is keep a journal. I have hundreds of them, filled with feathers, flowers, photographs, and words - without locks, open on my shelves.

In our lives, on average, we will be asleep for a total of 8,477 days. If we're lucky, some of that time will be sleeping next to someone we love.