I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.

As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person.

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix

I write most of my stuff. When I'm rejected in music, it hurts worse than when I don't get a role, because that's someone else's vision. If they don't see me as that part, even if I believe I'm the perfect person for it, that's their vision. The music is my vision.

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.

I'm pretty hard on myself. Every now and again I'll go on my IMDB or update my resume and I'm like, "man, I've done a lot of work."