Do what you love doing.
Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.
If you are on a TV series and you have a hard time disassociating from that character when you get home, your love life is going to suffer, your children are going to suffer, your friends will suffer.
The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.
I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.
I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.