If any of you have ever lived down south of the Mason-Dixon line, you know that late September still means summer heat.

I was raised around music.

Guys don't seem to think this, but the stuff that girls talk about is more raunchy than what guys talk about in a football lockeroom.

I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished.

I watch a lot of TV, and I'd like to think what I watch is good TV.

The great thing about 'Friday Night Lights,' unlike so many other shows and movies, is that it doesn't take the obvious beats to pull your heartstrings or manipulate you.

I don't just want to be another cog in the gears of Hollywood.