I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.

The writers could always do an about-face and change everything

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.

It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.

I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."