I didn't want to give up my career. That's what kept me alive, kept me going. I couldn't stop - didn't want to stop - being all these different characters.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.
I gave up my childhood for a career.
I wanted to keep working because work was essentially fantastic - you got to be around people, you got to be in a family, and that family changed from job to job. It was like being in the circus.
I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.
My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times.
The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.
I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.
I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue.