Quotes from Sarah Shahi

I have an incredibly dark, mysterious, witchy side and another side that's very bubbly and cheerleader-esque.

I've learned a lot with every character, everything from being a cop, to a lawyer to a tattoo artist. And underneath that stuff, I've been really able to find myself through the characters. It's served as a cheap form of emotional therapy.

My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it.

Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend.

NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic.

It's fun to work on location because you get the look and feel of everything, but it's nice to be on a stage because you can control the elements.

My views on equality are pretty obvious. I mean, I did play a highly complex lesbian techno DJ on TV, but I know it's not always easy to come out and tell the world where you stand.