So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

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I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

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We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.

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I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

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Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?

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I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

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People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

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My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.

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It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.

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I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

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