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" I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.' "

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" My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me. "

" I don't really like 'acting' - I like things to feel as natural as possible. "

" To be beautiful in Texas, you had to be blonde and blue-eyed and have a name like Ann. "

" I never thought I would be one of those wacky chicks who say, 'I loved my labor,' but I loved every part of it. It was the best day of my life. "

" I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.' "

" I really got into 'The Walking Dead.' That was genius. And I have to say, my husband is on 'Shameless,' and I think it's a brilliant show. "

" Michael Emerson is just a prince. There's something about him. He's so sweet. I don't know how to describe it. There's something about him that's a bit royal. "

" I always had that adolescent notion that I had to get out of Texas. But I'm really glad I grew up there. It's where I learned to look people in the eye, to be straightforward and polite. "

" You really have to take your time; you have to know your character and your scene. The line you are about to say comes from the moment right before. It's not what's said, it's what is in between the spaces, it's what's in between the lines; that is the most important to play. "

" Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend. "

" My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps. "

" I love guns. I love shooting guns. "

" I'm a tomboy myself and have always been incredibly athletic. "

" I had a home birth because I really believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. The medical profession has kind of warped women's minds into thinking we don't know how to birth and we need doctors and epidurals and Pitocin. "

" I've learned a lot with every character, everything from being a cop, to a lawyer to a tattoo artist. And underneath that stuff, I've been really able to find myself through the characters. It's served as a cheap form of emotional therapy. "

" The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son. "

" I can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon. "

" I think it's important to love what you do and have a good time with it. I go to work every day and have a blast. "

" Plyometrics. Hate them. Enough already. Jumping around, using your own body weight is so hard to me. How did we do it as kids? "

" My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing. "

" I like a man who can come out and say he's nervous on the first date. I think that would be really cute. "

" I did karate for about three years. When I was going into Miss Texas, my mom said, 'Let's not do karate this year. Let's not have any knocked-out teeth on the stage.' "

" You can get a man's attention if you got a pair of boobs and a butt. I hate to simplify them down so much, but I think it's true. "

" I'm attracted to playing characters that have flaws. "

" I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "

" Once, I started cheering for the wrong team. I was hot, and I heard 'Touchdown!' and I started doing high kicks, and I looked around and nobody else was cheering. "

" I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times. "

" It's fun to work on location because you get the look and feel of everything, but it's nice to be on a stage because you can control the elements. "