The 'Housewives' has helped me find my voice. I was always a people-pleaser, and coming into a show like this, you end up losing that.

Growing up as a child actress, I was tutored on movie and TV sets.

Growing up, cancer was one of those things that I heard other people talk about. The word scared me, but I always thought, 'Thank goodness I don't have to worry about that.' Then, in 1998, I lost my father to cancer.

Growing up in Beverly Hills, everyone was Jewish, and I always secretly wanted to be.

When my friends and family call me Josie, it feels like I'm being seen. It's something everyone wants, to feel understood.

Our parents taught us to work hard and never forget our family roots, where we came from, and how much effort it took to get to where we are today.

Coming home for me isn't, like, one family dinner. It's about am I gonna see 50 relatives, or am I gonna see 85?

My dad's a scientist, and my mom's a teacher, so I didn't grow up in a family that was into the entertainment world at all.