Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're crazy.

My daily schedule is quite hectic, but I have to put my health first in order to be the best mom and wife I can be.

Can you get any better than Patrick Dempsey? I don't think so!

For me, being able to work with somebody who I don't have to translate my experience to all the time - that's important, because I'm not ­having to walk someone down the path of racial understanding to tell a story about a woman of color.

It's gross. We use real brains - I think they're lamb or cow or something. Intestines smell. Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it.

People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose.

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.