In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.
I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete.
I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'
I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.
I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.
I didn't choose to be an actress.
I didn't want to be written about as a human-interest story. I didn't want to be a passing thing. You know, now we move on to the fat girl who had her stomach stapled. I didn't want to become a gimmick: the disabled model.
My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance.
I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.
I didn't study interviews. I studied acting.