The big difference with the recognition is that when I go on an audition, I don't feel like they're testing my abilities as much as they're just seeing if it's a fit. So that's nice.

As actors we're supposed to be our character's advocate.

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

First, I was a fact checker for Zagat and then I was an editorial assistant for HarperCollins publishing house.

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!