It's Great To Have An Acting Job

I Was Always Torn Between Wanting Whatever I Pictured As A Typical High School Experience And That Being Just A Part I Wanted To Play. I've Written About This, But One Of Those Typical High School Experiences Was Drill Team. Like, I Just Really Wanted To Wear A Uniform And Get On The Bus And Be Part Of This Group. As An Only Child, The Idea Of Blending In - And Literally Everyone Being In Sync And Not Standing Out At All - Felt Like Kind Of A Fun Family Thing.

My Biggest Goal Was - I Thought, God, If I Could Just Be A Rep Company Member At The Arena Stage In Washington, D. C. And Get To Play A Bunch Of Parts In A Year! And Now In My Work Everything Is About Promoting It. It's Not About The Doing Of It! Everything Is: You Have To Sell It, And They Ask You To Tweet About It Or Do Photo Shoots, Even For The Smallest Job. There's An Imbalance In Terms Of What Is Actually Gratifying. The Stuff That Is Gratifying Is, Like I Said, The Day Of Work And The Doing Of It.

Personally, All I Ever Want To Be Wearing Are Jeans.

The Thing You Must Really Do In Television Is Bring Yourself To Everything You Do - You Can't Try To Be Anybody Else.

Today Is The Day You Have To Start Believing In Yourself. No One Can Do It For You Anymore.