Erinn Hayes is hysterical in person, and I love that.

Number one, as an audience member, I tend to like violent movies and TV shows because it's not real.

Work hard; be ethical.

Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'

There are times when I think, 'I'm going to get this part. I know I am. I'm going to get this.' And then I don't, and I'm wondering, 'What happened? I went back five times!'

My first thing was a McDonald's commercial.

I'll continue doing good projects.

I know I am eventually going to want to write or produce.

If I can't find anything good, I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and start learning how to do everything.

I didn't plan on going to college, at least not a full-time schedule. I still have that plan. I may take some individual classes at some point as an indulgence.

Those auditions - you sit down, and literally the whole time you're there, they scrutinize you, and you know that. But you can't take it personally.

I love to dance and sing.

I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'

Growing up, I was a bit of a tomboy; feminine things took a while to find their place in my world. But diamonds made me understand the magic and beauty of jewelry.

I think part of the beauty of our relationship with jewelry is that it can change and evolve as we do ourselves.

I look like a sweet, corn-fed kid. My roles are my rebellion.

Love scenes feel very mechanical. But our whole job is to make it look real.

I don't have a 'Life's short, play hard' type of philosophy. That's about fear. I tend to think that life is very long - but you should still play hard.

I'm close with my whole family, but it requires email and texting because they don't all live nearby!

If being a skateboarder were a personality type and not actually an athletic activity, then I'd say I'm a skateboarder. But I don't ride one. I'm a bicycle person.

I'm an NPR and KCRW person.

I had a big 'New York Times' crossword puzzle phase.

I love the idea of my daughter looking back at her childhood and growing up with a dog.

It's funny to say its fun to explore someone's really rough time, but it is. It's exciting.

'Confirmation' is the movie I'm super proud to be a part of.

There are photos of me with my Pony trucker hat, sideways. Truly, awesomely, horrible.

It's great to have financial support. But having someone's emotional support is something that I wish I had more of growing up.

I'm a showman. I believe that you're a character every time you put on clothes.

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and I honestly started performing for my family when I was around three. I would jump up on the coffee table and I would get in the closet and ask that they introduce me to come out, and from that point on, my mother stuck me in dance class and children's theater.

I have a really great bathtub, and I unwind by taking baths.

There are two different sides of my personality, much like everyone has two different sides of their personality. I mean, it's a profession... It's something that I do. And I'm not Erika Jayne 24 hours a day.

Being able to express yourself under the name Erika Jayne and saying things people want to say but wouldn't, or doing things that people want to do but don't, or taking that extra leap of faith or pushing the levels of sexuality, or whatever, that helps Erika Girardi stand on her own two feet and be calm and peaceful.

I'm very afraid of the dark. I even have a night light.

You have to treat your skin very tenderly. You can't be aggressive with your skin.

If I'm not working I'm not wearing makeup. The skin needs to breathe.

I would have never thought to write a memoir, but I'm glad I did it.

That's the one thing I loved most about Tom when my son was younger was that he welcomed him with open arms. I'm very thankful. That's my guy.

I will always be fashion. I try to pull it together. I think that comes from a sense of self. That's how you create your own look.

If you have long hair that gets styled all the time, or if you're dancing and working out, dry shampoo is essential because you don't want to wash your hair every day.

I don't have a makeup bag, I have a makeup artist!

There was this moment in my father's house where he said, 'My wife, she never had any kids and I never had any kids.' Yeah... He had never acknowledged my existence.

Erika Jayne was born out of rebellion. I like to break the rules.

I think my mother and grandmother had style even though we're humble Southern people.

You have to work to look good. You don't wake up and effortlessly look fabulous.

I like to fish. I love to stay outdoors.

White diamonds can get boring, so I love a colored stone.

The first time I met my father was when I was 25. I was visiting here in Los Angeles, I had not moved here yet. And he came down to meet me. It wasn't emotional, it was like meeting a stranger.

It's fun to have an over-the-top stage personality.

I make music that speaks to me.

I like a neckline to be either high or low; the middle just doesn't work for me.