Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.

Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.

You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the person that you play.

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

It sounds corny to say, but it was really inspiring seeing kids that were just living and connecting with people. That was something I really understood, the need and want for connection, and fun, and it not needing to be sympathetic, just sort of good fun.