I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.
I’m a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.
I still get nervous when I have a lot of makeup on, a big hairdo, and a dress.
I’m a lover of lists and five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets. Any way that I can have any control over the direction my life is going, I gravitate towards that.
I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else.
I don’t have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.
I don’t have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.
Growing up, I was a very shy, wallflower type. I was not a nerd, but not popular. I was just invisible, like that person you probably didn’t know you were in school with.
I didn’t want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.
I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I’m a movie lover in general.
Cause it’s really hard, it’s hard to be an actor.
I don’t know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think I’ve become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice.
As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that’s a really big responsibility.
Be willing to work for nothing in things you think are stupid. Make work for yourself. Make your own luck. Don’t complain. Hopefully, the work will find you if you are ready.
I’m not prepared for a zombie apocalypse. I need more bottled water, a shotgun, and stronger abs. I have plenty of canner food.
I got divorced, after having been married for almost eight years. That is a very life-altering experience. There’s a period of time that you go through, where you’re having to adjust to knowing yourself and knowing who you are from being a couple to being an individual again.
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn’t going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.
I get really excited about jewelry.