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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" When I was in my early 20s, I looked towards exterior things to make me feel sexy - guys, clothes, shoes, etc. Now it's all about how I feel internally. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

Surround Yourself

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

" You know, 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "