I got kicked out of high school, went to 3 different high schools and summer school and extra night school just so I could maybe graduate and try to make it up, because I flunked pretty much my entire freshman year, mainly because I just never showed up.

Marisol Nichols

Use spices for flavor in food rather than adding a bunch of oils, fats, or sauces.

Marisol Nichols

Every year, my family and I would go visit my mom's family in Texas. We would drive from Chicago to Texas, and once we started to get towards San Antonio, everyone looked like me! It was such a great feeling. Everyone had the same brown skin that I did.

Marisol Nichols

We believe slavery was abolished with Abraham Lincoln; unfortunately, human slavery is alive and well.

Marisol Nichols

I like flavor - I could never stick to any diet that was steamed vegetables and low-fat chicken breast.

Marisol Nichols

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

Marisol Nichols

I have two paintings that used to belong to my grandmother, who lived in Chicago. When I was young, I used to sleep over at her house. They came to me when she passed away. I remember looking at them when I was a girl, and now, every time I see them, I feel good.

Marisol Nichols

If I'm going to work, hopefully I have a late call time, and can hang out with Rain and our nanny until we shoot.

Marisol Nichols

I had a job since I was 12 years old. I did everything under the sun. I pumped gas. I worked at gas stations, car washes, dry cleaners, anything and everything that I had to do to pay the bills. So for me, I know what it's like to hustle.

Marisol Nichols

I can bring Rain with me everywhere I go, but when she's in school, I don't know what I'll do. The longest I've been away from her is three days, and I cried my eyes out. The first day of school will be so hard.

Marisol Nichols

If it's an international flight, I always like to wear a sheet mask.

Marisol Nichols

I am not really ever accused of being shy or meek.

Marisol Nichols

We moved around a ton when I was a kid. I think we lived in 9 different houses before I was 15 - we moved from the city back to the suburbs; different suburbs, different houses, all over the place.

Marisol Nichols

Nothing really prepared me for the amount of work, or the amount of rewards, that came with being a new mom.

Marisol Nichols

Everyone is born free and equal.

Marisol Nichols

The second I got on stage, it was like, 'Oh my God! I love this! I love this!'

Marisol Nichols

I can't wait to use a BabyBjoern. I'm in love with the Orbit Baby stroller, and I also really like the Bugaboo.

Marisol Nichols

My view of the world changed completely when I became a mom. I'm suddenly like, 'Do pop songs always say things like this? How could they put that on the radio?'

Marisol Nichols

I really want to work with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

Marisol Nichols

I would love to do a really stupid character on 'The Office'. I'm so an 'Office' fan.

Marisol Nichols

If you want a favorite book, Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game'. You'll be hooked. I think he's written like twelve or thirteen.

Marisol Nichols