Sherri Saum quotes:

I worked on this Showtime series called 'Beggars and Choosers,' this was like 2000, and Bea Arthur guest-starred on our show. I always loved 'The Golden Girls,' and thought she was a supreme comedy actress, supreme actress period.

I'm always inspired by people who choose to do what is right, not what is easy.

A family is a group of people who are committed to loving and supporting one another. It's just that simple.

I have this really morbid, awesome love for the movie Black Swan.

I grew up in an average middle-class family. I don't think I even knew any friends who were fostered or adopted.

I come from a background of 40 pages a day. The other side of the coin is quality can suffer a bit on those shows and you can get into some bad habits but thanks to those days, I can do memorization in my sleep.

I think it's really important that the anti-bullying messages get into schools and become a staple in every school.

Soaps might not be the most highly regarding medium but it was a crucial springboard for me and I am forever grateful for it.

We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to fit into boxes, and it's unfortunate because humans are unique and should be celebrated and embraced as such.

It's easier than you might think to make a difference in a kid's life. There are no special requirements you have to have - you just kind of have to love the kids, and that comes naturally for me.

I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.

DNA doesn't make a family. Love does.

I have a lot of people who are soap fans and they definitely know who I am, even if they call me by my character's name. I get a lot of people thinking maybe they know me from high school. My career has been a slow burn, a gradual rise, which I prefer since this is a marathon and not a sprint, so I kind of like where I am and where I'm going.

I really just try to focus every day on delivering the most honest portrayal I can and let everything else take care of itself.