I Didn't Go To Prom - I

I Had Started Acting When I Was 7, And I Was Always Wrong. I Would Always Get To The Very End [of The Audition], But I Wasn't A Perfect Package Of One Thing. I Wasn't A Cliche, And It Always Worked Against Me. I Wasn't Pretty Enough To Play The Popular Girl, I Wasn't Mousy Enough To Be The Mousy Girl. Then There Was A Tv Show That Toni Collette Was Starring In. And When A Role To Play A Girl Who Was Struggling With Identity Came, I Thought: "oh, This Is What I Was Supposed To Do. Everything's Leading Up To This Moment." I Was 18. I Was Like, "this Is It." I Didn't Get It. And I Was Devastated.

I Had A Tough Time Fitting In, As I Guess Most Kids Do. I Felt Like School Was Kind Of A Grand Opportunity To Figure Yourself Out And To Figure Out What You Wanted.

Clothing Totally Changes My Perception Of How I Feel About Myself Depending On What It Is That I'm Wearing.

As An Actor, I Think You Can Get Really Bad Habits, If You Do The Same Thing, Every Day. You Can Get Stuck In A Rut. So, I Like Jumping Between Genres, And Then Taking A Break And Learning Something New. I Like Feeling Like I'm Still Learning.

I Wasn't Interested In Going To The School Dances. I Wasn't Interested In Going To The Football Games. What I Wanted Was To Be In My Room Painting My Walls And Doing Weird Stuff. That's What I Wanted And I Got To Do What I Wanted, So That, To Me, Is My High School Experience.