Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.

I think there's something really freeing about improv, that it's a collective, creative, in-the-moment piece. That's really exciting and really frustrating, because it's there and gone. There's an amazing interaction with the audience that happens because they are very much another scene partner. How they respond determines the kinds of stories we tell.

I think the improv also helps with the imagination of dealing this person across from me who's not physically there. When you do an improv scene, you're usually working on a blank stage and creating the props and creating the environment.

I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.

The most bizarre demographics come up to me. Men in their 50s come up to me and are like, "Alison is my favorite. I hated her at first, and now I love her." I don't know what that says about people's psychology.

Dance has always been a really important thing for me, so being able to physically express the characters through music and dance is like another layer to things.