As Women, We Do Feel Like We

I Realised How Paranoid And Guarded And Not Trusting - Walled-in - I Had Become. Not Consciously So, But Just This Armour That I Kind Of Have, Protective Armour. It's Not For My Friends Or Family, But For Being.outside In The World, Always On Guard.

I'll Never Forget My High School Acting Teacher, Anthony Abeson, Who Said, "it Starts With The Shoes." When I Think About A Character, It Does Start With The Shoes: What Kind Would She Wear? How Would She Walk In Them? If I'm Going To Put On A Dress For A Role - I Don't Care If It's The Hardest Dress To Put On - I Have To Put The Shoes On First. The Physicality Leads Me To The Character.

You Know What Makes Me Feel Old? When I See Girls Who Are 20-something, Or The New Crop Of Actresses, And I Think, Aren't We Kind Of The Same Age? You Lose Perspective. Or Being Offered The Part Of A Woman With A 17-year-old Child. It's Like, "i'm Not Old Enough To Have A 17-year-old!" And Then You Realize, Well, Yeah, You Are.

Right Now, Women's Worth Is Being Quantified By How They Look And Their Instagrams And Likes. That's All So Self-created, So Why Are We Trying To Add To That? It's Hard Enough To Be A Young Woman, Or Man, Growing Up And Trying To Find Your Identity, Rather Than Having A Whole Internet Of People Weighing In On It. It Makes Me Sad For Those Kids.

I Just Stay Fit And In Shape.