I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee injury and get out of there.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. You know, everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.

What made me want to be on it was reading a really good script, and being compelled by and attracted to the characters. I really loved Maura Isles, who was very fascinating to me.

Planning my food a bit helps me. Knowing what I'm going to be eating for lunch helps, instead of getting hungry and then looking for something.

My parents wanted me to go to law school.

Education is a cycle of reading, thinking and writing.

Individualistic people die on the great curves

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.

No coach is more important than the Team

Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.

There will be water and food fights everywhere.

The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms

I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.

If you're doing what you love, then that's what matters. I am happy, and I am happy where I am. If things go downhill, then I move on to the next, and that's what makes me happy.

The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.