My parents wanted me to go to law school. Sasha Alexander More Quotes by Sasha Alexander More Quotes From Sasha Alexander I believe life takes us where we need to be. Sasha Alexander inspire life believe Angie [Harmon] is a beautiful and stunning woman, and we both have really good qualities that complement each other. We both look very different and we have different energies, but it really works. We're lucky. When we do scenes together, I do feel like there's a certain magic that you can't always say happens. Sasha Alexander magic quality beautiful I think that becoming a parent absolutely changes your entire life and certainly changes your work, and it has changed mine. It just allows you to have access to your emotions, even more than you already did. You're watching this little person grow in front of you, and you realize that you're seeing how precious life is and how quickly it goes. You get to things faster, even emotionally. I'm not as timid about reaching into some areas in myself and bringing that to my work. Sasha Alexander how-precious-life-is parent thinking I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. You know, everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world. Sasha Alexander growing-up voice world What made me want to be on it was reading a really good script, and being compelled by and attracted to the characters. I really loved Maura Isles, who was very fascinating to me. Sasha Alexander scripts reading character Aside from John Grisham, there isn't really anybody besides Tess that I've truly gotten into. But, I do like them. When I have more time to read, I will absolutely look for some more authors. It's just about finding a world and a character that you're intrigued by. Sasha Alexander character looks world I don't know. I think you're born with that. I've always been somebody that enjoys life. I want to be happy in it, and I've always been that way. Since I was a kid, I really was somebody that was active. It's just an inner drive, and a willingness to lead a good life. Sasha Alexander good-life kids thinking I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting. Sasha Alexander dancer work-out acting I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't. Sasha Alexander stories character television I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on. Sasha Alexander film focus thinking I don't know that you can compare it to another show because each show has its own individuality. Sasha Alexander compare individuality shows When you have two different women coming from two very different backgrounds, it's fun for us because we get to explore how each one of them approaches their job and how they bring their own experiences to it. Sasha Alexander fun jobs two In this case, Jane and Maura don't always agree on how to go about solving something. They both are very different in their approach and, a lot of times, that can lead to potential conflict, and then a debate in figuring out who and what is the right way to do it. Sasha Alexander debate different way I just think that we have more opportunity to have a bit more of that banter between each other. And, given that the two women are so different, there's really something to play with. Sasha Alexander play opportunity thinking I was never very good at math and science, to be honest, so it's fun to play a character that is so scientific and mathematical, and whose brain functions at such a high pace. The biggest difference is that Maura is very linear in her thinking and very logical. I'm not quite like that. I'm much more laid back and not quite so type A. That's the big difference. Sasha Alexander math fun character The best thing about it is that she [Sophia Loren] is the most normal person, and I have the utmost admiration and love for her. I know that she is an icon and an absolute legend, but as a family member, the most beautiful thing is that she is really, really normal. Sasha Alexander legends icons beautiful I love to go out. I love the outdoors. I love outdoor sports. I'm a big traveler. Sasha Alexander traveler bigs sports I get inspired by creativity, when people are together. You know what I mean, there's a certain synergy when people work together. Sasha Alexander creativity mean people I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation. Sasha Alexander preparation motivational inspirational One of the things that did intrigue me about when I read the pilot - because I had not read the books before doing the show - was the mystery aspect of it. I didn't feel that it was just a crime-based story. It really does have that mystery element, and it felt like a throwback to other shows in the past that had a bit more of that. There was something iconic about it. The fact that it's set in Boston gave it a feeling that was different to me. So, I am definitely more of a fan of mysteries than I am of a circular crime-based genre. Sasha Alexander boston book past
