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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 love guns. I love shooting guns. "

" Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a gay character again, but it would definitely have to be the right role. "

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

" My biggest fantasy was to have a pie thrown in my face, and I always said whoever did that, that's the guy I'd marry. "

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

Surround Yourself

" NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language. "

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