I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

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.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

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

An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.