President Obama's election has taught us to stop being paralyzed by excuses and given us a floodgate of hope. I'm more daring and going after things that I once thought were not possible.

What we try to do in TSAW, which is Tasha Smith Actors Workshop, is to help the actor get to the core of who they really are and how they really feel. So, we may have them do a dump, where you just basically express everything that you feel that you have not been able to express, whether it's good, bad, or ugly.

My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband will always believe in them, love them and accept them.

There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.