My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting.

I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.

I am a Cajun Baby in a Texas girl, an all-American woman and a global goddess.

You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.

Sometimes I loved the disruptive student in class who livened up lectures with wisecracks - it put a spin on things, added flavor, made me laugh. Other times, I wished the heckler would just shut up so I could learn something.

Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.

I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.