Sometimes, if you don't have kids yourself, it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it.

I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.

People will always put you in a box that they think you fit in, and it's up to you to not fall into it.

I'm not very good at resting on my laurels. I am a bit of a workaholic, and I like to keep busy and active, so I think that's what drives me.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.

I handle emotional pain by trying to understand that it's going to be painful and to allow for it instead of fighting it. Doesn't make it any easier, though.

I do like to treat myself, I just don't do it very often.

I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have great chemistry outside of work. It's just something that sparks on screen or doesn't.

When I was in high school I thought I was going to university into psychology.

... the more I seek, the less I find.

No room in my world for drama, and the last thing I needed was more death. This beautiful woman would bring me both.

How you live your life is up to you. You have to go out and grab the world by the horns. Rope it before it ties you down and decides for you.

If you have the bad MOJO of a situation or a person riding you down you must first remove that saddle.

I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be.

When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things, or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things, I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.

[Kids] are just like annoying short people

You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling.

Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history.

A political animal can be defined as a body that will go on circulating a petition even with its heart cut out.