I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'

I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.

There's a particular hierarchy in the prison - class distinctions, high-school cliques. You have to learn how to navigate.

There's nothing you could say that would shock me.

When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.

Well, the clothes are really cool that we wear. The sets are so funny, because it's like everything is so real.

So, I went to Germany and ended up parasailing around this castle. I was in Germany sightseeing, eating Bratwurst and hanging out in beer gardens. And then, I got back from Germany and got a call where they were like, "We need to fly you to New York tomorrow to read with Taylor [Schilling]." I was like, "Wait, for Alex, the manipulative drug-smuggling lesbian girl?!," and they were like, "Yeah."