Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.
So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun.
I will say that my personal business is my personal business. And I will leave it at that.
Theres a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.
There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.
They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There’s no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?
You have your private life and you have your public life, and just dont let them interfere.
I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.
I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers.
I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.
We do have a choice at the end of the day to say yes or to say no. There have been things that I have passed on where agents at the time were like, "you're crazy, why would you pass on this," because it wasn't something that I personally wanted to be a part of.
It doesn't matter what medium I perform, I just love to perform in general, if it's good work.
There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it.
I think it magnified it. For me, I wasn't sheltered so I think it was magnified. Especially when you're a teenager and you go to high school and you're in the business and you are known.
I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.
But especially if you have the wrong people within your circle. Truthfully, at the end of the day, no one cares about you in this business whether they are your agent or your manager or your publicist.
