I've always thought of myself as a businesswoman. I have the creative side, but I also have this business sense.

I love to go bungee jumping, jump out of planes, ride motorbikes, do kickboxing. I love all that stuff.

I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.

I think it's great that she's not perfect and wasn't perfect. I think that's maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military.

I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person.

When I do get time, I like to hike and I take lots of vitamins and powders to keep healthy.

But, people are recognizing me more. Sometimes fans just approach me on the street and say how much they love the show. It's great to get that kind of feedback.

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something.

When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.

one can't see beauty until one see's life the way it is

Either you were the best of the best or you were nothing, and somehow that didn't seem right.

Late August still feels like summer here in the Ozarks, but it is the time of year the nighthawks are moving on to their South American wintering grounds.

The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

Lady bartenders live a tougher life than anybody knows.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it

Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.