Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military.

I get letters from kids, teenagers and young girls who just want to be Mac. I've had quite a few people actually say that they're going to become a Marine or a JAG lawyer because of me... the character. I think that's pretty cool!

Creating my own roles, as an actor, is great. You're so at the mercy of other people, and you're waiting for a job. That's just a horrible way to live, so I just decided to take matters into my own hands, find my own projects, and create them myself, and then do other stuff that people might throw my way as well.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

I've always thought of myself as a businesswoman. I have the creative side, but I also have this business sense.