I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.

My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

Ive heard of nothing coming from nothing, but Ive never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.

In performance, you dont always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.

I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.