I’m not sad about any of my life. It’s so unconventional. It doesn’t look anything like I thought it would.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

With everything that you do, once the costume is on, and you're in the pretend hospital, and you're there with your co-workers, it all sort of snaps into place: Who you are, what it feels like, who these people are to you.

I don't watch a lot of television.

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.