You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.

It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.

I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are.