I've Realized How Important It Is To

Of Course, We're Supportive Of The Gay And Lesbian Community. I've Just Never Portrayed That On Camera. Once I Met Taylor [schilling] I Knew That It Was Going To Be Really Comfortable And Okay, But The Nudity Was A Little Bit Of An Issue For Me.

People In General Have A Preconceived Idea Of What Prison Is, From Seeing Documentaries Or Whatever.

There's A Particular Hierarchy In The Prison - Class Distinctions, High-school Cliques. You Have To Learn How To Navigate.

For Me, Personally, I Watch Pretty Much Everything On Netflix, And I Watch All The Episodes In A Row, When I Can.

To Make A Long Story Short, I Auditioned For The Role Of Piper Because I Read The Pilots Every Year And This Show Was Head-and-shoulders Above Any Pilot I've Read In Awhile. It Was Amazing. So, I Read For Piper And I Knew That I Wasn't Really Right For It, But I Loved It So Much That I Wanted To Read For It.