My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.

There is a much bigger picture we are all striving for. To sweat the small stuff just stresses you out for no reason.

The main thing I learned doing love scenes with a woman was, if it's there, it's there.

To make a long story short, I auditioned for the role of Piper because I read the pilots every year and this show was head-and-shoulders above any pilot I've read in awhile. It was amazing. So, I read for Piper and I knew that I wasn't really right for it, but I loved it so much that I wanted to read for it.

When I feel connected, mind-body and spirit, I feel centered.

When I finally started to heal, that was the inspiration.

Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen. My mother was a gourmet chef and I'm the youngest of five kids. We would always congregate in the kitchen.