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" 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.' "

Sarah Shahi

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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 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. "

" To sit next to Walter Hill, and to be able to exchange ideas back and forth, and for him to be able to tell you that he likes what you're doing - I don't know. I kind of pinch myself. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My role is to just tell the highest degree of truth with every character and every story. From there, I have no clue whatsoever how things are going to turn out. "

" 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. "

" Growing up, I loved Morticia Addams and Lily Munster on one hand, and Jeannie from 'I Dream of Jeannie' on the other. Two completely different ends of the spectrum, kind of like me. "

" Cheerleading was my way in. It was one of the most rigorous audition processes ever. It definitely groomed me for Hollywood. "

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

Sarah Shahi

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Sarah Shahi

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" I love guns. I love shooting guns. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 attracted to playing characters that have flaws. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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