I went to NYU, and my parents had a rule that I needed to major in something other than acting if I wanted to pursue acting after college.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.

When you walk onto any set, it's usually primarily men. Which can be weird, especially when you're doing something emotionally challenging.

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.

I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.