Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.

If you have the opportunity to play these characters that are three-dimensional and very deeply rooted in an emotional level, they stay with you. They lived in you anyway, the density of them. It takes a while to realize how they've influenced you.

I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

I really like cable T.V.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

You know, people really don't understand what actors do.

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.