Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it.

When the time came for me to go to college, there was only one scholarship that my high school offered at the time and I didn't win that one, but that didn't stop me. I went on to college anyway. I worked my way through it and paid my student loans for 11 years.

The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.

Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it.

I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor.

I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.

My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.