It wasn't really that hard to act when you see somebody holding a gun to your partner. It's also believing the circumstances and I believed it.

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

Eric Lewis doesn't play the piano, he devours it. He doesn't play music, he channels the divine.

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.