My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.

When everyone's kind of watching you when you're out and about, it makes it hard.

My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

I sort of watched everyone go through it on that show ["Grey's Anatomy" ] because I came on later in the first season, so I kind of watched everyone else go through it but really I am so grateful and blessed and feel I have had such a great career and I love that fans love the shows that I do, and so when I get approached I still, I go, "Oh, thank you. That makes me feel good."

I still like to make crank calls.

Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.