The feminist movement has spent 30 years putting down the role of stay-at-home moms and trying to tell young women that only someone who is mentally disabled would pick that for a career.
I'd been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged goods.
There was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.
You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.
That tag - underwear model - I just can't get rid of it. And it's such a bizarre, specific thing - underwear. It's like I never modelled clothes.
There is a bit of a 'once a soap actor always a soap actor' thing, but I do think people still recognise talent. If you're good at something, then people have no choice but to accept it.
Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.
I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain't gonna do nothing.
A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the same opportunity and not have any stigma attached to them if they choose to pursue their careers.
