It's Great To Have An Acting Job

I Definitely Wanted To Be An Actor. I Didn't Want To Be On Tv, I Didn't Want To Be Famous, I Didn't Want To Be Anyone In Particular; I Just Wanted To Do It. I See Young People Now Who Look At Magazines, Or American Idol And Their Goal Is To Have That Lifestyle - To Have Good Handbags, Or Go Out With Cute Guys From Shows, Or Whatever. But I Definitely Wanted To Be An Actor.

I Feel Real Ownership In This Show. I Feel Very Invested In It. I Care Very Much About It. I Don't Feel Any More Like A Hired Hand, You Know? It's A Strange Feeling - I Feel Personally Responsible For How The Story Goes. What Happens. What The Weaknesses Are. And So In A Way, Some Of The Changes Gave Me An Opportunity To Have A Voice In A Different Way.

Some People Think My Father Was A Spy, Because Of Working For That Government Agency In Vietnam, But He Can't Find His Car Keys, Much Less Keep A National Secret.

Nobody Ever Seems To Want My Advice About Serious Stuff. People Will Be Like: 'who Made That Sweater?' Or 'how Did You Get Your Hair So Straight?' They Don't To Come To Me For The Relationship Advice Or Deep Stuff. In Fact, My Little Sister Actually Hides From Me.

As Actors We Always Say That Once The Person In A Scene Gets What They Want, The Scene Is Over. It's Resolved. But Life Is Never Resolved - You're Always In The Process.