When I was younger I decided I'd hop on the train to New York.

I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other.

All I could think of was we were about to start filming for the last final weeks of the TV show and here I am in the hospital, so I missed the final weeks, and a couple days later, sore stomach and all I got on the horse we started filming.

I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.

I never found it frustrating not speaking.

We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are.