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Monica Potter Biography

Monica Potter (born Monica Gregg Brokaw; June 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the films Con Air (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Along Came a Spider (2001). She also appeared in the horror films Saw (2004) and the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left.

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People figure because I'm blonde and was a model, I just waltzed into Los Angeles and got major roles in major films.

Blonde, Figure, Model, People, Roles

I am so not technically proficient at all.

Proficient, Technically

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Father, Having, Importance, Losing A Loved One, Loss, Real

Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live.

Angeles, Cleveland, Missing, Things, Thinking

I left L. A. and moved to Cleveland for four years in the early 2000s or whatever. I came back and thought that everything had changed. I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't think I ever fit in here. And wait, who are all of these celebrities that are not actors? Where did all of the actors go?

Came, Changed, God, Thinking, Waiting, Years

Every one and every single time is different, and I didn't have C-sections, which I don't know if that's lucky or unlucky, but I was able to feel every contraction. You forget what it feels like. God's got a great way of making women forget what it's like because we would never go through it again.

Able, Different, Know, Lucky, Way, Women

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

American, Disease, Heart, Killer, Killers

For me to get the support and the love and response we did from critics, but to also be at Trader Joe's and have women come up to me and cry and hug me is on another level. That makes you take a step back because there are genuine emotions at stake. People were truly on a journey with her. This story opened up week by week like a flower. It was just a magical season, and I'm so happy I got to do it.

Flower, Journey, Like, People, Response

There's reality shows and things like that and I think 'Parenthood''s kind of a throwback to what we used to have back in the '70s, '80s and '90s. People want to see this again, and I feel like it's just a solid, good show.

80S, 80S And 90S, Reality, Shows, Thinking

There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors would agree on because this is a craft, but for me, it's the emotion of what a character is going through that makes the performance what it is. We have a responsibility to bring those emotions to light.

Actually, Arguably, Character, Emotions, Light, Responsibility

The women I know who have gone through breast cancer still laugh a lot. They're not crying all day.

Cancer, Gone, Laugh, Laughing, Women

I love to clean. I love to cook.

Clean, Cook, Cooks, Love

I shop at thrift stores a lot. I have a lot of silver pitchers and I put my flowers in those. I collect antiques, so there are a lot of old rocking chairs. . . My friends call my home the vortex because nobody wants to leave.

Flower, Home, Leave, Pitchers, Shop, Vortex

I had to go for a mammogram - my first mammogram ever - and It was really scary and I didn't know what to expect.

Expect, Firsts, Mammogram, Mammograms, Scary

This loss has left me truly heartbroken. Robin Williams was one of the brightest, most loving & wonderful people I've ever been blessed to know. I'll miss him more than I can ever express in words.

Blessed, Heartbroken, Left, Loss, Loving, Wonderful

Women still, when they have breast cancer, go to work; they still lead their lives. They have to. I just did what I was supposed to do. I didn't want to exploit it or be too "actory" about it, if that makes any sense. That's also why I didn't shave my head; I feel like you have to earn that. I applaud other actors who do that and I am not ripping on them, but to me, that's a badge of honor if you're fighting this disease.

Actors, Cancer, Exploit, Fighting, Honor