My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.

I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in Detroit have to say about Detroit. My best education is actually talking to people.

A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting.

I am a Cajun Baby in a Texas girl, an all-American woman and a global goddess.