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

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" I came from a single parent household. And I had a bad example of what a husband and father could be and how irresponsible a father could be. So because of that, I didn't want to get married or have kids. "

" 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. "

" As a parent, you experience the most of everything. The most love, the most fear, the most hurt and the most tired, the most of every emotion. "

" It is therapeutic for me to act, to be able to slip into somebody else's skin, and know it's not you, but know that you bring a lot of yourself to it. At times in my life it's provided me with a lot of confusion. It's also provided me with a lot of discovery. "

" My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd said that I didn't and I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to say. He's battled addiction problems his entire life. I wish things were different. I wish there were a way my son could know him, know the good parts of him. "

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

" 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. "

" The goal as an actor is to constantly surround yourself with amazing artists who challenge you and make you grow. "

Surround Yourself

" I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist. "

" 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. "

" My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. "

" 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. "

" 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 hate girls who complain, 'Oh, guys are looking at me!' But I love it when guys check me out. It just feels great. "

" I have an incredibly dark, mysterious, witchy side and another side that's very bubbly and cheerleader-esque. "

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

" I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. "

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

" I'm not one to be messed with. I can be bad when it needs to happen. "

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

" Let me tell you, I've never heard a man whine more than Jason Mamoa getting knocked around by little ol' me. "

" Right when I finish a workout, I feel pretty sexy. Even though I'm sweaty and I don't smell like a rose, I feel strong. It does a lot for me mentally and physically. "

" 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.' "

" My views on equality are pretty obvious. I mean, I did play a highly complex lesbian techno DJ on TV, but I know it's not always easy to come out and tell the world where you stand. "

" I'm a girl in boy's clothing. I like to get a little rough. I prefer mud to makeup. That's me in a nutshell. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart. "