"I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers."

"What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it."

"When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible."

"Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves down, and that's going to attract the wrong kind of guy, and it's serious. It's serious business."

"It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home."

"On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home."

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country."

"It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home."