After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

There's such a grace and understanding in the female persona when women have really come into their own. Part of that is to have children, and to be caring for those children, and not only in the care for them, but also in the nurturing and raising of them, they have to pass on their souls and their intelligence. And all those things can't be taught. It's something that, that in the essence of a woman, the essence of a mother, a mother knows!

I practice yoga every day. The practice calms my spirit, and allows me to be present.

We're living in a time where we want to be entertained but I think part of what people are looking for, that they don't even know they're looking for is to be uplifted in many ways.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.