If something boils up under stress later, I remind myself to breathe and focus back to how I decided my day was going to go. It's simple but it works.

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy.

I enjoy doing fun things outdoors with my son to stay in shape. We like camping together. After a weekend in the woods, I'm sorer than after a week at the gym!

I find that if I use my time well and take care of my mind/body when I'm outside of work, then I feel more supported throughout my day.

If I don't take care of myself and be kind to myself, then I can't take care of anyone else.

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through some really emotionally challenging times.

I was really active as a kid. I was outdoors constantly.

Love truly is the strongest emotion. Find it, hold it and use it

You're a beautiful girl If you show the slightest interest in Alec, he'll want to go out with you. I know I would.

Romanticizing comes with colored glasses of the most colored sort.

There is always something behind patience and impatience! Be careful enough to understand these two things any time you meet anybody

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.

The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.

I cant look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

Childhood trauma is not necessarily a prophecy of doom, because some children are resilient or because later experiences help to restore mental health.