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.

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.

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.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

Mobile is the digital gateway for the real world.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions.

It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.

No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist.

Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.

Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light.

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.

Every morning, I wake up trying to be the best mom and the best role model for my kids in a healthy diet and active lifestyle.