Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

I will watch a ton of movies while I'm writing for inspiration. "Postcards from the Edge" was one. I love the mother-daughter relationship and all the hard humiliating stuff she has to go through. Or thinks she has to go through.

The pressure for an actress to look good and be skeletally thin is insane and unrealistic and it's a subject I've been fascinated by.

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

I work hard and support myself.

Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.