You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.

I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are.

Dick Wolf was my first boss after coming out of Sarah Lawrence.

I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly.

I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man.

I needed to move, but I haven't had the time to find a place to go.

I try to watch the show every week and improve upon myself. I've become a fan.

I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though.

I'm a great fan of Carey Lowell's and I loved Jill Hennessey.

I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here.

It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet.

It's really nice to pass the ball when you're in an ensemble cast.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

That difficult place to put your finger on about the world - it needs to be illustrated.

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.