12.6.04 - The Palm Beach Post did an article on the Feisty Females of Prime-Time TV. Here is their interview with Molly Price:

What makes your character so tough? "Truthfully, I don't know. But tough connotes a hardness and a negative connotation. To me it's sexist that Yokas is tough. If I had a (male member) she'd be TV's sexiest cop. Or the most recently available bachelor. I just find the description sexist. She's a beautiful, smart woman who is incredibly sweet, innocent and somewhat naive."

Do you identify with her? "I never knew a cop in my life. I grew up in an upper middle-class family with five kids. In a way I can identify with her being surrounded by people all the time and she has a lot of voices in her head. I grew up in a family that told you what to do and how to do it and when to do it. She answers to a lot of people in her life and feels responsible for the people in her life. She's much more tolerant than I am. I wouldn't go for some of Bosco's nonsense."

Dream tough-girl role: "Lucy (from I Love Lucy). I'm actually a comedienne by nature. I really love to be funny and she was the greatest. Maude was amazing and so ahead of her time. (Cagney & Lacey's) Tyne Daly is a national treasure."

Favorite female role models: "My mother. My father died of Lou Gehrig's disease when he was 54. My mom was a schoolteacher and taught special ed. She raised five kids and educated them all into college. She's the most admirable woman I know."

Favorite Yokas moment: "The episode where the kids got shot in school. Faith comes home at the end of the day and just wants to see her kids and to know that they're safe. There's no dialogue. Just me going into the room and sitting on each of their beds. I recently became a mom and at that time I was contemplating getting pregnant and I remember thinking, 'I hope I'm going to be a good mom.' "

Strong characters. vs. timid characters – which are more fun: "Both are fun to play, it depends on why the character is being strong or why the character is being timid. Strong is more fulfilling at the end of the day. I'm a method actor and when I have to play a damaged character, that stays with me for a while. But sometimes it's OK to have a good cry."