Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

I love spaghetti and meatballs... I eat a lot.

I somehow instinctively knew it would be much better to win.

My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother's recipe.

People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.