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Because Of My Unique Experience As My Mom's Child, The Beginning Of My Journey Was More About Me Trying To Figure Out Who I Was On My Own. My Mom Is One Of The Greatest Moms And So Supportive Of All My Siblings And Of All Of Us Being Who We Are, And Not Who She Wanted Us To Be.

The Two Things That I Thought Were Really Interesting About This Character [bow] For Me Were That She Actually Loved Her Husband, And He Loved Her. The Comedy Was Not Coming From The Fact That They Hated Each Other. Which Is What Television Couples Are Usually Based On.

I Was Very Shy Growing Up. My Shyness Manifested As A Big Personality, As Opposed To The Wallflower Personality. It's Been A Journey Getting Comfortable In My Skin. I've Worked On Trying To Find The Authentic Balance Between The Bravado Of My Personality That Was Sort Of A Defense And The Truth Within My Bigness.

Sometime In My Second Year At Brown [university], I Took An Acting Class. And The Lightbulb Went Off For Me. I Fell In Love With It. I Realized That Everything I Was Afraid Of About Myself, All My Fears, Could Be Used In That World.

I Don't Really Talk About My Personal Life. It's A Strange And Funny And Weird Thing. Sometimes You Have A Conversation With Someone And The Paparazzi Snaps A Picture Of You And People Decide You're Dating. If I Try To Answer Everything People Say, I Would Be Up All Night.