Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

I had been living the life that society tends to dictate for women of a certain age. You marry the person who asks you, even though he may or may not be the best one for you. Around the time that I got divorced, I had an epiphany that there is no blue ribbon or gold medal for living someone else's life, for fulfilling someone else's dreams. It's doesn't make you happy. You just end up with a life that's not yours.

Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.