Quotes from Shanola Hampton

I would love to visit Brazil. It's one place I have not been. One of my dreams is to dance with the Carnival girls. I would love to experience a whole night of partying with them.

Americans are so stiff when it comes to nudity. For me, I've always walked around the house naked. My husband, in real life, is like, 'Babe, could you just put some clothes on! Keep the mystery alive!'

My husband is my buddy; he's my lover. We share lots of things.

I want to be a superhero. Maybe I'll be a bartending superhero who shakes martinis to save the world.

I love Italian food; you can't go wrong with Rosebud, and of course, I like Lou Malnati's pizza.

Chicago is my absolute favorite city. It's clean, the food is amazing, and everyone is so warm and welcoming. We've gotten really, really used to it and really excited about our second home in Chicago.

I love 'Shameless' as a fan. But I love lots of television. And as an ensemble, I have never seen a group of people put on screen what 'Shameless' - the 'Shameless' cast as an ensemble and as individuals - in decades.

You have to diet before you even go to shoot in Chicago because we just eat the entire time.

Teaching is so rewarding because when you see the look on student's faces when they get it, when you're able to excite them about what you're excited about; it's so rewarding, and it's so much fun.

Bill Macy is the most incredible, humble, and hungry human being, and that is the captain of our ship. He is phenomenal. We still laugh together, and we still talk and text and check on each other.

There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.

I would like one day to play an FBI cop, just so I can hold the gun and shoot.

Your body can't switch off tired. People fall asleep behind the wheel all the time.

I'm such a workaholic.

I watch every 'Real Housewives' franchise there is.

I worked at Goose Island Brewery, and I opened the one that was right by Wrigley Field, so I got to see all of the Cubs come through - it was insane on game days.

I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.

When you're on a show that is so free with the body and nudity, you get a guest director every episode, and you want to make sure that they're not trying to one-up each other. It will take away the integrity of our show and the character if you're just gratuitously showing boobs.

There is no justification for having an affair.

You get so used to a world that you complain, but never actually want anything different. Why crave the unfamiliar?

I would say to anyone choosing to embark on something new with their hair, just do it - it's just hair! Have fun, and sometimes it works, sometimes it won't.

For breakfast I have grits, because I'm a Southern girl!

In the South, everyone speaks, if you know each other or not. I'm raising my daughter more Southern, like how her father and I were raised.

With 'Shameless,' 'Homeland' and 'American Horror Story,' these are all shows that don't follow a particular mold, and they are out-there. The acting is spectacular.