I've never quite felt the overwhelming desire and passion to do anything but entertain. I tried desperately not to "become a bum" in the gypsy world of acting, according to some, so I opened my options during the ritualistic guidance counselor session in high school of "What do you want to do with your life?!" I mulled over being a psychiatrist because I loved the study of the human mind and how we did what we did, but in the end I realized I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't follow what I was truly meant to do in life-act!

It sounds like such a cliché however there is something electrifying about standing in front of an audience or a camera and emoting something that people can identify with. Something that makes them think…differently then they did before.

All we can ask as performers is that the audience sees what the character has to offer, what life has to offer. To understand what drives a person to love, hate, or react in a certain way. To empathize. It is not sympathy that we want but empathy of another person's struggle. To not judge but realize where it all comes from. No one can truly judge another human being. It is not up to us. It is not our responsibility. So why not be as open as possible and learn from everyone around you. And that is why we go to plays and watch movies. So we can feel and see something different from our own lives. To provoke feeling within ourselves and to discover…our own truth.