I just think that we have more opportunity to have a bit more of that banter between each other. And, given that the two women are so different, there's really something to play with.

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

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.

Segregation shaped me education liberated me.

Sin, in its simplest definition, is the misuse or abuse of anything GOD created.

People don't want to be 'marketed to'; they want to be “communicated with.

For someone to be taken seriously it was valuable to have the appearance of someone who deserved to be taken seriously.

I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.

My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.

When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.

Looking back, I've never had one regret.

Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical.

Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individuals contribution far more than the individual himself.