When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.
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I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up.
I started modelling while still studying. I liked doing television commercials and being in front of the camera. Lots of ad directors told me to try for films.
I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.
When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.
I was modeling since I was four and acting in commercials since I was five - this was when I was in New York. I then moved to LA when I was 16... but before that I had done a play on Broadway.
I went to the Professional Children's School in New York, and I started modeling because I could do that until I actually figured out what I wanted to do, and it gave me the opportunity to travel.
Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.
My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls... one of those.
I went to L.A. and got an acting coach for one day. Then I went in to audition and I smashed it. You have to take risks, and one thing I know about people: your presence is everything.
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.