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I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.

I did two commercials, one for Porsche, but I was definitely not the type of child one would cast in a commercial or any TV that you'd typically go out for as a young kid. I wasn't the type of kid who would be in stuff that kids watch. I wasn't cutesy.

I grew up in the business since I was three years old so I've always kind of been in front of the camera and grew up in commercials and I knew that I wanted to do it no matter what, I just loved it.

Well I started studying to help me with these commercial auditions and I just loved it.

I started as a teenager going up on commercials.

I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat.

If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.

I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.

I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows and magic shows... even ventriloquism. My doll's name was 'Dan,' and I used to write these scripts, and my schoolmate hid under the table and supplied Dan's voice.

My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.