I'm An Optimist By Nature,

I Decided To Give Acting A Serious, Committed Try, And Soon After, I Read The Script For 'lovely And Amazing.' The Story Was Beautiful And Honest, And The Characters Struggled With The Same Insecurities Many Women - Including Me - Face. I Didn't Think I Had A Chance In Hell Of Being In The Film, But I Knew I Had To Go For It.

In My First Few Years As An Actor, I Took One Terrible Tv Job After Another. But Even As I Laughed Off My Awful Roles And Made Fun Of Myself To Friends, My Work Made Me Cringe - I Dreaded Anyone's Seeing It. I Was Crushed That I Wasn't Doing Anything I Was Proud Of.

I've Only Half-admitted I'm A Professional. I Know I Am, I've Paid My Dues, But One Of The Things I Could Do Better When I'm Acting Is To Really Be Rigorous And To Think I Know How To Do It. To Use My Brain.

It Is Brilliant Going To The Theatre And Being Forced To Sit And Listen And Think About Life. It Can Be Almost A Near-religious Experience.

I'm Physically Completely Mal-coordinated. My Best Friend Used To Make Me Run For The Bus Just To Give Herself A Quick, Cheap Laugh Because I Definitely Don't Have That Sophisticated Cool Thing Down.