To play a cop's wife - there's so much in that world, the wives or partners of anyone who is a first responder - it's not an easy job. It's not an easy way to live, to say goodbye to someone in the morning and not know what's going to happen throughout the day.

- Amy Carlson

If I'm going out on the town in New York, I always wear Danielle Collins T-shirts - they are expressive, young: independent woman in charge of herself, her body, and her mind.

- Amy Carlson

I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident.

- Amy Carlson

I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.

- Amy Carlson

Cop families have guns in their houses.

- Amy Carlson

I'm a restaurant junkie.

- Amy Carlson

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

- Amy Carlson

I feel there's something about becoming a character that helps people understand themselves.

- Amy Carlson

I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident. When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

- Amy Carlson

I like to go out to different restaurants in New York. I'm a restaurant junkie.

- Amy Carlson

I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home.

- Amy Carlson

When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

- Amy Carlson

Cop families have guns in their houses. It's a bigger question for mothers. When is the right time to introduce to your children the things that could hurt them? But not having the knowledge could hurt them.

- Amy Carlson

On the one hand, I always get the young ingenue, pretty parts. But I don't think of myself that way because I was an ugly duckling when I was growing up. I have to be reminded when I play a part sometimes that I'm playing the pretty girl.

- Amy Carlson