I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always knew I wanted to be in television when I was a kid, and I knew I wanted to model.
Television was a great place for me to kind of fall on my face and make mistakes and be okay with it and move on.
Of course it was difficult accepting the change in TV trends. It all ended quite early for me. I was in my mid-30s, and I hadn't achieved everything I wanted. There's nothing on TV for people like me anymore. All they want are new young faces.
One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother.
I grew up loving TV so much. It was such an integral part of my youth, and I was completely an Emmy geek.
I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium.
Going from college to being on national TV almost fresh outta school, it happened really fast.
I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.
I stopped watching television like a fiend once I got into college.
I started making movies in 1977, and I didn't even think about the idea that I would ever be on a television show. Once I finished the 'Guiding Light,' I was like, 'I'm done with television!'