Quotes by Hunter Tylo

• My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.
• I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.
• I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible.
• I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty.
• I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years.
• I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there.
• I was moaning and grieving as if I lost one of my own children. It was probably one of the most real feelings I ever had on the show. I was just sitting there wailing with no lines. I was beat after that storyline.
• If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.
• In September, I left the show. We were going through discussions and negotiations, and I had been on the show for about 11 years, and there were some things that I was asking for that I didn't feel were the moon or the stars.
• The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality.
• It was scary, and I knew what it was like to be an unemployed actress again.
• CBS started to confiscate our packages and mail as a safety procedure. A lot of packages that people send for the holidays and to our kids we can't open. A lot of times they are from overseas. It's very upsetting at times.
• So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better.
• One girl was helped from my appearance on the show, and I swore I would not keep quiet again. When you talk about things that are embarrassing or devastating, obviously you can help people when you do.
• We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents.
• We cannot really communicate with our fans.
• Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well.
• There was a storyline this year where Taylor lied to Brooke. It was supposed to be set up in a way that I was so outraged by her that I let it stay. I thought that was human, which was great.
• There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.
• The only problem with the way they do my character is that they have her get redeemed too early.
• The main concern was making sure the kids didn't get caught in the middle.
• We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes.