My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

The only thing that keeps me going, is the desire to get away as far as possible.

...I didn't run away to come home the same. -Claudia

Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.

You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is.