Oh, It's Not Really Gambling When You

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.

As A Teenager, I Was An Enormous Fan Of Valerie Bertinelli's Hair.

I Was Told To Avoid The Business All Together Because Of The Rejection. People Would Say To Me, 'don't You Want To Have A Normal Job And A Normal Family?' I Guess That Would Be Good Advice For Some People, But I Wanted To Act.

I Wanted To Be A Therapist If The Acting Didn't Work. I Also Did A Lot Waitressing And Odd Jobs. I'd Audition But Couldn't Get Hired To Save My Life. I'd Do Off-broadway Theatre And That Was Great And I Was Excited And Thrilled, Feeling Like, 'well, It's Off-broadway, But There's Still The Broadway In There.'

I've Been Lucky To Have Things Come To Me That Creatively Fulfill Me, And Those Are Usually The Independent Films Just Because You Have A Little Bit More Freedom.