Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.

Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.

There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.

That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.

When I was little, I would open up lawnmowers and try to make them go faster. I wasn't strong enough to do some things, so I'd wait for my dad to get home from work to help me. He was great, but he never really encouraged me, and I'll be the same if I have kids: I'll leave them to do their own thing.

We're always grasping to feel safe. Ultimately, some people feel safe through love or family or community. Some people through exerting control.

In my family, we don't die till we're 100 years old.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family - whether it's from an intruder or whether it's from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.