My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew

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."

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.

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

I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.

I ended up doing amazing things with my life; I'm well-read, educated and sophisticated - and I'm not the stereotype everyone makes me out to be.

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.