Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.

And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.

And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.