That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

My mother's a pretty warm, open person.

The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.