The stakes are so high because auditions are make or break. You get the job or you don't. The stakes are about as high as they get, for yourself and your own self-esteem.

I wouldn't play the normal girl. I don't think that that's interesting or realistic, as far as how human beings really are.

I would love to play a role that is a lead role that people appreciate and a lot of people get to see. I just don't want to have to fight for every role anymore.

There's nothing you could really avoid about giving yourself to somebody who ultimately rejects you. That's just life.

People always assume that things are just handed to me, but I've had to prove myself, every inch of the way.

My sisters are my best friends and my most staunch supporters. They're always there to help me through every audition, through interviews and through everything. They are the best things in my life, and I would be completely lost without them.

All the genres are so blended nowadays. There are lots of comedies out there that are more realistic than dramas, and some dramas out there that are so broad and wacky that they don't even pass for a broad, wacky comedy.