It's destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.
I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.
I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parts and work on a lot of things. That was my unconscious choice. I wanted to be an undercover actress.
I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
I was very vocal about what I wanted to do at a very young age. I wanted to be inside of the television set. I didn't know being on TV was being an actor.
My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
People say, 'What are your hobbies?' I say, 'I've been doing shows ever since I was a kid.' When I left college, all I wanted to be was a musical theater chick. I auditioned tons. It just didn't pan out.
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.