When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.

I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee injury and get out of there.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. You know, everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.

What made me want to be on it was reading a really good script, and being compelled by and attracted to the characters. I really loved Maura Isles, who was very fascinating to me.

Planning my food a bit helps me. Knowing what I'm going to be eating for lunch helps, instead of getting hungry and then looking for something.

My parents wanted me to go to law school.

Empowerment includes growth mindset, positive thinking, acceptance of new challenge, learning and positive self-image.

There's no such word as genius, it just the combination of hard work and determination.

Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.

The poet craves emotion, and feeds the fire that consumes him, and only under this condition is he baptized with creative power.

If you want to get into a good entrepreneurial business, guillotines may be in fashion.

Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone.

I'd rather be at the end of a dying tradition, which I admire, than at the beginning of a tradition which I deplore.

Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me.

A true worshipper is one whose mind has not been defiled with any false belief.