Oftentimes when kids are left with their grandparents they're not agile enough to keep up with all of the things that they're going through.

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

I still have to audition for most things.

The message has become clearer to the nation about AIDS. People used to think they could catch it all kinds of ways, but we now know that it is absolutely passed through bodily fluids.

I am so grateful and honored to be nominated. Working on Grey's Anatomy for the past few seasons has been a blessing and I have loved developing the character, Adele. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Shonda Rhimes and I want to thank her for keeping my character alive for all of these seasons.

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.