Alison Sweeney: (On Scott Reeves' band) Blue County, is just amazing. I am their #1 fan. If you like country music, you have to get their album! Also, they have a new single available on iTunes called ‘I Get To', and it's got such a great message.
Alison Sweeney: (On filming arguments between Lucas and Sami) Bryan and I always enjoy Lumi's bickering especially when the writers really include the history of the characters.
Alison: I felt a new appreciation for my mother now that I am a mom. I understood so much more about how difficult it is. And, it was really neat for me to spend my first Mother's Day as a mom with my mom and to let her know how important she is to me and how lucky I was to have such a great mom.
Alison: (on her surprise purchase of a new house) Dave and I walked in the front door and we were immediately caught by the square-footage. It's a huge house and the living room has this beautiful raised ceiling and the light is coming in from tons of different windows.
Alison: (on the support of 'Days of Our Lives' co-star Deidre Hall) I think Deidre could see that I was interested and eager to learn. So she was always receptive, always helpful, and definately someone I knew I could turn to. She'd offer advice, or give me an open-ended invitation to grill her with any question I had.
Alison: (on planning her son's birthday party) I’m trying not to be one of those mothers who goes completely over-board on the birthday party scene.
Alison: My mom started riding horses when she was a little girl, so when I was little, she would take me with her to the barn where she rode. Unfortunately, it became clear that I had a strong allergy to horses, but I loved horses so much that I took allergy medicine to help me get through the lessons!
Alison: I have pretty wacky dreams. Way too often, I dream about work - nightmares about being late or forgetting all my lines. One time, I dreamt that I couldn't find my dressing room, and everyone was laughing of me.
Alison: (on her worst Valentine's Day) I had one boyfriend who had planned to take me to a restaurant for dinner and didn't know it would be busy that night. So, we get there, and it's totally booked up. We had the biggest fight because he had not planned at all and didn't have a backup plan. We had a disagreement on the street. I was like, 'Let's go to Jack In The Box because I'm hungry.'
Alison: (on co-star James Scott) He is very good looking, with that James Bond thing he has going on.
Alison: (on whether she will write another book) Definitely! I always joke that in the next 27 years of my life I'll write another one.
Alison: (on how having a child has changed her life) Oh, it's changed everything. First of all, having a child just totally changes your priorities in general. He is my first priority. As aggressive as I am and business minded, and I have all these sort of, I guess, dreams and ideas and stuff I'm really trying to work on, and it's really fun and I love my career, but it definitely takes a back seat to my relationship with my son. It gives me a whole new perspective and motivation to go out there and do good work. But at the same time it's all for him now rather than thinking about other stuff.
Alison: Being married is more wonderful than I could ever imagine.
Alison: (On her character of Sami Brady) You can't say she's randomly evil. Everyone knows Sami and whether you love her or hate her, it's fun to watch.
Alison: It's hard not to have chemistry with a very good-looking man.
Alison: At 16, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I'm on Days of Our Lives.' Looking back, I can admit it was more the thrill of my job that kept me working at it. I've gotten past the novelty of being on TV. I've worked a lot all my life, but it was a sign that I was finally succeeding, and that was what kept me going.
Alison: Friends was so fun! Matt and Jennifer were awesome to work with. I liked being "funny" for a change.
Alison has publicly struggled with her weight, and though she was never more than fifteen pounds above average, she lost out on many roles because of her size.
In 1997 there was an article in Tv Guide proclaiming that Alison was "breaking all the rules" and that her "appeal was both surprising and encouraging."
Alison and Days of Our Lives co-star Christie Clark (ex-Carrie) were filming a scene in which Carrie had to slap Sami, but instead of faking the shot, Christie accidentally hit Alison quite hard. She fell backwards into the piano and was completely surprised. This was the cut that ended up being aired.
Alison loves to read. She also participates in a book group which consists of members who are all from the entertainment industry, including Arianne Zucker (ex-Nicole, Days of Our Lives).
Alison never drank or did drugs as a teen because she was so busy with school, homework and acting that she didn't even realize other students were doing it until she was a senior.
Alison's favorite game as a child was to take turns making up sentences to a story.
Alison tries not to plan too far into the future or set too high of expectations so that she does not get overwhelmed. Her priority is to spend as much time as possible with her son.
Alison hosted a Mother's Day special on SoapNet in 2007, during which she spoke about life as a parent and showed three classic episodes of Days of Our Lives. It was called You've Got a Mother Thing Coming.
Alison modelled in a 2007 Max Factor fashion show, but following Carmen Electra's lead, she fell on during her trip down the runway.
Alison loves to cook. She has cooked for her husband since they first began dating, and claims she is inspired by Martha Stewart. She notes her appearance on Martha's show as one of the highlights of being part of the entertainment business.
Alison was a big fan of Days of Our Lives even before she won the role of Sami Brady.
When Alison is feeling very tense, she listens to classical music to calm her nerves.
Alison loves to do arts and crafts, especially for holiday decoration.
Alison admits to being somewhat superstitious, though not as much as her Days Of Our Lives character, Sami.
Alison is most afraid of what she describes to be "creepy crawly things," such as spiders and snakes.
Alison has revealed she admires certain qualities in her Days Of Our Lives character, Sami, such as the fact she goes after what she wants and never says never.
Alison appeared on Tales From the Darkside twice as a different character each time. Both characters were named Karen. She loves being recognized for that job.
Commencing in August of 2006, Alison began directing an internet series called In Tune. She is very interested in directing and has begun to direct screen tests on the set of Days of Our Lives.
In 2002, Alison won a Daytime Emmy Award under the category of "Special Fan Award."
Alison's most common nickname is Ali.
Alison has revealed she cries every time she sees the movie When a Man Loves a Woman.
Alison's brother used to hit her on the arm when they were children, but she has revealed that she would egg him into it, knowing he would get into trouble.
Alison has a habit of tapping the top of a pop can with her fingernail before opening it.
Alison describes her dressing room as a pig sty.
Alison admits she says "whatever" a lot, and says that she would like to drop that habit.
Alison only ever back-talked someone once, and the girl that she'd been talking about overheard what she said. She felt so badly that she never did it again.
Alison's husband, David Sanov, has once appeared on Days of Our Lives in the role of a police officer.
Alison's television debut was at the age of 5 in a Kodak advertisement.
Alison’s height is 5' 4" (1.63m)
Alison has written an autobiography, entitled All The Days of My Life (So Far).
Alison has won a Soap Opera Digest Award four times (1996, '98, '99 and 2001).
Alison’s mother is an accomplished violinist.
As her character, Sami, on Days Of Our lives, she has had to deal with such controversial storylines as date rape, bulimia, teen pregnancy and capital punishment.
Alison’s passions are riding her horse and dancing.
Alison has two brothers, Ryan (older) and Sten (younger).
Alison was an undergraduate at UCLA, taking business classes after work each night.
Alison can speak Spanish fluently.
Alison attended Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California.
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