I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.

I've grown as a person. The dynamics on this set are very demanding because we work a lot of hours, it's very sad material, so there's always someone upset because it's really heavy stuff.

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.

I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience.