I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.

I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York.

We do things tastefully but we do a lot. My mom has a lot of traditional Christmas things she likes us to do together. We get fresh greens and make garlands for the house. She has a list of things to do, we bake cookies together and deliver them around the neighborhood. My mother likes to make gifts for everyone we know, including all my friends. She remembers everyone.

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.

If I was going to do anything, I'd be a producer, only because I'd like to have a say in what gets made and what doesn't.

Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat.

I'm just happy when people want me to work for them.