When You Feel Happy, You Look Beautiful.

My Mom Would Leave Her Job, And There Would Be Throngs Of People Screaming And Banging On Our Car. I Come From A Very Private Family, But I Was Born Into A Public Family.

Sometime In My Second Year At Brown [university], I Took An Acting Class. And The Lightbulb Went Off For Me. I Fell In Love With It. I Realized That Everything I Was Afraid Of About Myself, All My Fears, Could Be Used In That World.

My Mom Didn't Adhere To Any Of Those Typical Rules. She Woke Us Up For School Every Morning, And Was There At Dinner Or Would Call At Bedtime. She Never Left For Longer Than A Week. She Recorded While We Were Sleeping.

My Bathroom Is Filled With Hair And Makeup Stuff And I Play With It All The Time. What The Real Lesson Is, Is That You Can Own Your Own Sense Of Beauty. It Doesn't Have To Be Something You Get From Somewhere Else.

After College, I Shot A Pilot For A Show On Lifetime, Which Was Basically House Of Style For A Tv Lover. I Think I Got Paid $1,500, And I Was Like, "mom, I'm Moving Out! I Made It!" I Did Two Seasons Of That, But I Felt Like A Talking Head And Wanted To Do More.