The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.

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

When you create, it comes from this deep part of you, and your job is you, and so when you don't get heard it can feel bad and frustrating and you have to somehow keep the confidence up.

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.

I wouldn't say that I was an actress. I tried to be an actress. I really didn't have the gift.

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