No matter what, I find that surrendering is essential.

I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

If I wasn't an actress I'd definitely want to do something in the arts and something that was very creative.

I have a couple of what I call "buttons" - fears or anxieties that when tweaked can cause me to be vulnerable. Fear of failure, not being good enough, and abandonment are my main buttons. However, they have diminished greatly over the years as I have really confronted those fears in order to work through them.

I've done a lot of bad TV and bad movies. I've also done some really great things.