I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.

It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet.

I'm a great fan of Carey Lowell's and I loved Jill Hennessey.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

Our goal as women should be to discover who we are and not who we think we should be or who the world wants us to be. It's not our responsibility to be arm candy!