It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.

We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing.

Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.

It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."