I Am Not Really Interested In The

The Whole Subject With Weight Pressure Worries Me Because A Lot Of Young Actresses Are Really Unhealthy. It Didn't Happen To Me When I Was Younger Because I Grew Up In South Carolina In A Very Safe And Secure Environment.

I Was Very Poor And I Was A Waitress, And It's Hard To Be A Poor Waitress In New York.

Everyone Would Talk About Their Diets And Working Out And What It Made Me Do Was Go To Craft Services Where All The Food For The Cast And Crew Was And I Would Eat.

Also, It Was A Cultural Moment That Wasn't Being Represented In Terms Of Women Who Were Successful And Had Choices They Didn't Have Before. They Needed A Show That They Can Watch That They Felt Like Represented Them.

I've Been Acting Since I Was Ten Years Old. I Had Two Lines In Snow White And The Seven Dwarves At The Community Theater I Was Very Focused And I Loved It. My Parents Believed In The Arts And Being Well Rounded. So I Played Piano And Violin, I Danced And Acted. They Never Thought I Would Go Into Acting Though. They Just Wanted A Well-rounded Child And It Was A Bit Of A Shock To My Dad When I Said "i Want To Go To Acting School" Because He Is A Psychology Professor And Was Thinking Of Something More Academic.