You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

It's easier to shut yourself off outside than reveal your inner thoughts.

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

If you want to demoralize somebody's spirit, you take away their hope.

You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

I constantly have anxiety about being the lead of the show. I don't talk about it because it scares me. But I've always wanted to be part of something where I could work on a character in such a big manner, and you get offered that with all the trappings of being the lead of the show.

People think that if you're sexy you have no brains, and if you have brains you aren't in touch with your sexual side. I'm trying to tell people, 'You can have it both ways.'