I have two kids, and when my oldest was first born, it was the most vulnerable feeling in the world. I remember taking him to his first doctor's appointment, and on the sheet, it said "mother," and I put my mom's name. I was like, "Oh, right, I ... I'm the mother!" You just feel so vulnerable.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.

I don't want to ever say to somebody, 'You don't have to see it. It's not good.' I'm done with that. I'd love to just do things that I respect. That being said, I do have two children to put through school, so we'll see if I can put my money where my mouth is, but I would love to just work with people I respect.

As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive.

You find your tribe and you stick with them.

Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor.

I'm very tactile. I'm a big hugger, one of those huggy people.