I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

I think it's important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

The physical environment of L.A. is really beautiful. It's actually kinda fun, too, if you're working. It's just not really fun if you're not working and you don't know anybody.

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.

People would make fun of me and throw things at me and whatever teenagers do.

The roles for women on television have historically always been stronger and that, I would say, is still true. The question is commerce. That's probably where there's a block for a lot of people, the commerce behind it. Where is the audience? And it's so clear to me that there is a huge audience for female-driven projects. People still seem to think it's a fluke when it happens. That's one of the hurdles that's still left to be jumped over.