Kim Dickens

If you went to school in Nashville, you were aware of all those '60s rockabilly people.

I wish I was more of a song-and-dance girl. I sang in a show once. I wish I could be in 'Hair.'

Pilot season tends to be grueling, because you can be thrown all of these auditions at once - last-minute, always - and you're going on three a day, especially back in the day.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.