I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty.

We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes.

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality.

The only problem with the way they do my character is that they have her get redeemed too early.

There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.

It was scary, and I knew what it was like to be an unemployed actress again.