We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.

You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.