My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.

I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely.

I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not.

Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life.

I love the Midwest. I think about it every day. I wonder if I would rather have a little farm in the Midwest, in Illinois or Wisconsin, or would I rather have like a little getaway up in the mountains of Colorado.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part.