Actors used to carry films because people would have to actually go to the movies to see them. It was the only place. But now there's none of that mystique, and so there's less of a reason to buy a ticket.

I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself.

I make conscious decisions to stay out of the limelight. Without my make-up I'm pretty much the girl next door.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

I just kind of figured that the marine biology would be a career, and the art would be something I did for my own self-expression.

I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're faced with, like getting money. It's a really great thing to do. You feel like you're really an artist when you're doing that and you're in a company of artists.

I wanted very badly to be a mum. I'm a very maternal person. But at the point that I met Emilio I was focusing on a career. I never would have thought that I would get married at 21 and much less be a mum by 23.