I'm always doing things that scare me, because I feel like that's how you should live life. If I'm terrified - and I'm often terrified - then I should be doing that. Like trapeze class, or singing in front of 5,000 people.

I believe you are never past the point of creating opportunities for yourself.

I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.

The support of my fans is something I treasure more than anything, and I wouldn't be here today without their support, their involvement in my shows.

Now I understand what exhaustion is. It’s not just a code word for heroin addiction. People don’t teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it’s something I’d never had to handle, because I’d been rejected for so long.

If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.

I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.