I've never been one for sitting on beaches. Let me tell you who I am: I'm a girl from New Jersey who moved to New York and worked in a bar while trying to make a living at what I really wanted to do, which was act.

I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way.

I believe in following your instincts with the people that you like and who you like to be with.

I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all night, you get home really late and you're super tired and your feet hurt.

In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job pretty soon after.

There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love - it's sort of undeniable.