I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.
There's so much more to life than looking a certain way.
To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.
Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.
You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?
One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.
I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.
I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.
I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.
I love to travel. I'm a curious person.
My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.
I really chase the things that I want.
I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.
I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago.
It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background.
I like to play women who blaze trails.
I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.
The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.
I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing.
Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.
