I think that the audience wants to see women being put into real situations where they can relate to them, rather than seeing some glamorous woman in a 'Bond' film.

It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.

I've been acting since second grade, telling stories, making my parents laugh here and there, so I'm hoping my "thing" is acting. But I also make a really good bread pudding.

I started doing regional theater. My first job was "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Dallas Theater Center.

You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life.

In the South, you don't say exactly what's going on or what's on your mind.

I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.