Deborah Joy Winans

I always loved acting, and that's what I wanted to do. It's funny that my first big role is a role where I'm going into a studio to record my singing.

I think that a sense of loyalty is something that a lot of people lack, just period, in life.

I remember telling the Lord - I was about seventeen or eighteen - I'm like, 'Lord, I'm never gonna sing. You know that's my family's thing; that not what I do.'

We're a really close family, and that was what my grandparents promoted.

My first job out of CalArts was performing monologues at the Women of Faith conferences across the country.

In a family of faith, you don't believe in divorce; you believe you can make it.

Everyone is human, and everyone makes mistakes.

I often joke with my husband and say to him, 'You know I have two theatre degrees, right? That's all I know how to do.' LOL! He went to Pepperdine Law School, has four degrees, and passed the California Bar first time around, so I always make sure he doesn't expect too much from me.

My parents would take us to double-feature movies on the weekends, and I would just point at the screen and tell them that that's what I wanted to do.

I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.

I was at a point where I couldn't find an agent or a manager, and I said, 'Okay, Lord. If this is what you have for me, I need you to work that. I need you to open doors.' I was at that point of truly surrendering whatever my will was, and, 'Lord, if this is what You want, You do it.' And, He did it.

Health and a positive body image are part of my personal values.