KASSIE ON HER FAMILY
[Quotes in bold are new.]

Kassie on Her Husband, James DePaiva (ex-Max)

(on her marriage, after two years) "It's not that hot, passionate, oh-my-gosh relationship anymore. Now it's a hot, passionate, look-what-we've-got relationship." (SOD 3/3/98)

"People think Jimmy and I only want to work with each other...puhlease!!!! I love working with him, but I don't campaign for it and I don't need it. I just want a good story." (SID 8/22/00)

"I think love scenes are the hardest things to do. It's uncomfortable for me to watch Jimmy [do them] because I have a huge jealous bone -- it's terrible to watch him. He would tell you that it's uncomfortable for him to watch me, but he deals with it better than I do. Jealousy is love's shadow...I don't fault him and he doesn't fault me, but it still makes things difficult." (SID 1/20/04)

(on what it was like to work with her husband) "The good thing is that we knew each other, so we didn’t have to build up any pretentiousness -- it’s all real and it’s all right out there. The bad thing is because he does know me that some of our relationship might pour over into our work. I enjoyed working with him, though." (SID 1/20/04 Online)

(on working with James) "My first two years [on OLTL] were working with him when Blair and Max were an item, and he's the one who let me know what was going on. He really helped with that adjustment, and, of course, I fell in love with him. So, it all kind of worked out." (SID 2/14/06)

(on whether it was hard when James left OLTL) "It was. It was tough because that meant that I was the sole breadwinner. It added pressure there, but at the same time, as an actor, I completely understand that when you're working somewhere you don't feel valued, it doesn't make for a happy existance there. It's like being a player and being benched. Jimmy should work. He should play and be happy. But it's interesting to kind of go it alone without him." (SOD 5/15/07)

(on her most memorable moment from her real-life wedding) "Probably walking home from the courthouse [in 1996] telling my mom and dad that Jimmy [DePaiva, ex-Max] and I were married and watching their faces. We ran off and got married in Kentucky, so we came home and told them. That was fun." (SOD 6/12/07)

(on who in her cast would make a good James Bond) "The only person that would have been a fantastic James Bond would have been my husband, Jimmy [DePaiva, ex-Max]. I thought he would have been a great one." (SID 3/24/08)

"I think his ability as a director is great. He was a wonderful OLTL director, and he was wonderful to work with on this film. I don't know why he doesn't do it more often...maybe he likes golf better!" (SID 7/28/08)

"We've been married 12 years and we've been together 14, and I still feel very blessed to have such a great man." (SOD 8/26/08)




Kassie on Her Son, J.Q.

"J.Q. is being mainstreamed [in pre-school], and he's doing beautifully. He's the light of my life." (SID 8/22/00)

"He just started kindergarten, and I don't want him to get any bigger! But he thinks he grows because I give him kisses, so when I say, 'Stop growing,' he says, 'Then stop giving me kisses!' He's a cutie-patootie, and he makes me smile." (SOD 12/10/02)

"I think the greatest compliment in my life is when people say, "You have such a lovely son." It we can raise quality human beings, that's the greatest gift you can give back to the earth. Leaving [son] JQ a spirit to believe in is important." (SOW 2/1/05)

(on who she envies) "My husband [James DePaiva, ex-Max, OLTL] ...he gets to spend so much time with [our son] J.Q." (SOD 12/26/06)

(on her work for the League for the Hard of Hearing) "I do everything I can. That's my soapbox. Why shouldn't I help other families? My son is a poster child for this implant and we've been extremely blessed. I asked the other day, 'JQ, are you ever sorry that your ears don't work?' He said, 'No, Mom, because we want to help people.' That's my boy. My greatest accomplishment in life is that I got a really happy child. And a wonderful husband, too. That's all I need." (SOD 5/15/07)

"JQ is a very happy child. Very funny. He loves to put things together. He just printed out his third joke book yesterday. He had printed it out for our anniversary last night when we got home. He's extremely creative, and he has an extremely loving, kind personality that you just can't not like. JQ is well-rounded because he has at least one parent there with him all the time. Jimmy never had that kind of relationship with his father. But JQ and Jimmy have an incredibly great relationship." (SOW 7/3/07)

(on JQ's stint on "All My Children") "He really enjoyed it. It was great. He was like, 'Can I buy dinner tonight?' and I said, 'No, it's okay.'" (SOD.com September 2007)

(on JQ's stint on AMC) "Not that we wanted to put our son into show business at all. Because I don't truly believe that children should be doing this, but he is doing this at a very special moment in his life. I'm saying this and I am going to knock on wood. I hope that he is not bitten by this to where he is crazy and is like, 'I gotta do this! I gotta do this; where can I do some more?!'" (SOD.com September 2007)

(on JQ's stint on AMC) "I was so proud of my son on so many different levels. America doesn't know how hard he's struggled and worked to have that speech. But I know. I know what he's overcome." (Orlando Sentinel 11/10/07)