It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out.

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.

Confidence is not "They will like me". Confidence is "I’ll be fine even if they don’t

My siblings are my best friends.

The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.

Ladies, apologies, but isn't 'vintage' just used stuff?

The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset - that singing of Te Deum before the battle has begun.

But there is room now in my heart for more memories, carved by a letting go that I could find only by coming home to a place I'd never been.

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.

Luck is when determination meets opportunity

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.