We just fundamentally forgot that people want to vote for something positive. They want to be shown what the good life for them personally looks like.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

The script that I fell in love with and adored was 'Jane the Virgin'... but every line in the pilot was essentially, 'Why did you keep my daughter a secret all of these years?' I didn't know any direction my character was going - was it going to be a dramatic character, a comedic character? - I didn't know.

I never imagined even playing in the NFL. It seemed like a pipe dream.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams.

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

I'm a Jersey girl, but I went to college in L.A. I can connect with the feeling of wanting to come home.

'Star Wars' was the mythology of my youth. I longed for adventure.

We make our plans, but God directs our steps.