I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.

If you don't respect each other and let it lie, it can be embarrassing or really frustrating.

Nowadays, performers who want to create their own material put it on the Internet. I never knew whether or not it would make an impression - and frankly, I didn't care that much about how it would be received.

I don't like feeling hemmed in and I don't like feeling that I'm repeating myself.

I want to keep growing and I want to be an actress for as long as I can.

Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.

When I'm on stage, and when I'm comfortable or uncomfortable, I have sort of a knee-jerk reaction to try to make people laugh. It's my version of a handshake to show that I want to make a connection and to show what I'm truly like. It's kind of my statement like, "This is what I'm really like. I'd like you to love me."