I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.
As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions.
I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.
As an actor, I know it is my job to shape myself for a role - any role.
I want to be a role model.
For me, actors have to have a character, an aura, body language. They're not models. They used to call actors models. But I want them to participate in the film.
I want to be an actress, not a personality.
I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.
I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it's acceptable to be too thin or have an eating disorder because you're in Hollywood.
I always wanted to be a model, never an actress. I would see children in ads and stuff and wanted to be like them.