Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.

The tendency is to think if you are a professional woman, it's because you've turned your back on the traditional side. The tendency is not to recognize that we can excel as professionals without giving up our identity of being mother, wife and homemaker.

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism.

Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency.

I have a legacy which I carry from my media career. That is why you will find that everybody will have an opinion about me.

The point of my job is to entertain and make it look easy, so I guess it's the parts you don't often see which make me feel proud. All the behind the scenes work, the fears and insecurities I have to face and overcome to improve myself as a person and performer, all of the people who believe in me and encourage me.

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

If you're interested in the job and in the kind of work that's done, you have to have an interest in who's going to fill your shoes.