My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.

There is always a reason. When I look back on things that really upset me at the moment, I can always see why it happened in retrospect.

I was kind of like the Rhea Perlman of the bar. I was like Carla on “Cheers.” People were more afraid of me. There was a point where I got a little surly. There were only so many chicken wings I could serve before losing the smile on my face.

TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.

My fear is that, had I stayed in Jersey, I would have become Snooki because I'm just a bottle of hair dye away.

When I was out of work when I first moved to L.A., one of the first things my husband and I did was buy season's passes to Disney and whenever I was bummed out about work, we would go to Space Mountain, and it was like a physical injection of anti-depressants.

Laughter makes me come alive. Either being made to laugh or igniting it.