I don't know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren't necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction.

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are actors.' I lived in West Virginia. Hollywood just felt like this total other universe.

I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue.

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?

I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production.