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My Touchstone Is Just Fear And Anxiety And I Know A Lot About Those Two Awful Emotions.

I Am Critical Of Myself Like Everyone Else. You Go To A Movie Theater And You Are Forty Feet High. I Had Bad Skin As A Teenager And I Am A Shy Person, But I Think I Am In The Perfect Business To Fight My Insecurities. You Have To Learn To Love Yourself And Say 'i Am Pretty Cool' Instead Of Being So Critical. You Can Easily Fall Into The Trap Of Doing That.

I Took Part In A Theatre Festival In Massachusetts Two Summers After I Graduated From College. Then I Was In Los Angeles Thinking: "i'm Going To Go To New York." I'd Decided That I Would Not Have A Chance Of A Film Career, So I Was About To Make The Move. I Bought A Plane Ticket And Found A Place To Live In New York, Packed My Bags And Of Course The Universe "told Me" That I Was Not Meant To Go. Suddenly, A Week Before I Was Supposed To Leave, I Had Three Job Offers And One Of Them Was My First Movie.

My Nana Was An Actress, My Mom Was An Actress, And My Sister, Too. So Because I Was Surrounded By It, It Really Came Naturally.

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