I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

Part of me says that no life will work if I can't make this one right.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.

Actors are very generous.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.