I Get Bored Talking About Myself, But

The Mentally Ill Frighten And Embarrass Us. And So We Marginalize The People Who Most Need Our Acceptance. What Mental Health Needs Is More Sunlight, More Candor, More Unashamed Conversation.

I'm Not A Natural Ocean Person. I Married Into A Family Of Swimmers, And I've Slowly Been Drawn Into The Sea.

I Grew Up With A House Full Of Dogs. My Mother Was A Great Nature Lover And Taught Us To Have Almost A Religious Sense Of Respect For The Natural World.

So I'm Always Inspired By My Fellow Actors. And That's Kind Of A Constant For Me. I Have Huge Respect For Our Profession And Our Craft. And I Seek In My Work To Create Connections, First For Me With The Character And Then The Character With The Other Actors, And Then Ultimately, All Of Us Together Connecting With The Audience In A Way That Sometimes Is Subliminal, Even.

The Word Diva Has A Negative Connotation.