The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, "Let's try to build this character from the page," tech rehearsals.

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, "Let's try to build this character from the page," tech rehearsals.

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, "Of course you are." And I'm like "No, not, 'Of course I am.'"