I've Often Wanted To Play The Victim,

So Yes, The Roles Are Getting More And More Like Me. But That's Because Xena Was So Entirely Unlike Me. Most People Aren't Really Aware Of That.

I'm A Bloody Fun-seeker. Whatever The Role Is, I'll Find A Way To Deliver The Line That Is Confounding.

I Was Sitting In The Looping Studio Late One Night, And I Had This Epiphany That They Weren't Paying Me For My Acting, For God's Sake, But To Own Me. And From Then On, It Became Clear And An Awful Lot Easier To Deal With.

I've Tried To Divide My Time Between The Us And New Zealand, But It's Difficult, And I Suddenly Realized That I Like Acting Here In Los Angeles Anyway. Because When You First Come Here; Especially From New Zealand, You Go, This Is The Ugliest, Nastiest, Grayest, Smoggiest Town In The World, And Then Your Scale Of Beauty Adjusts And Suddenly You Think, Oh, Isn't It Beautiful, Not Too Much Smog Today!

When You Decide To Become An Opera Singer, It's A Commitment That Allows Nothing Else To Interfere. Even Your Family - And I Have A Young Daughter - Has To Take Second Place.