I Hope They Look At

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.

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.

Differences In Experience, Points Of View And Opinions Aren't What Pulls Us Apart. It's What Pulls Us Together.

Getting To A Place Where I Am Comfortable Saying Things Was Hard-earned For Me. I've Chewed On The Ground Glass Of My Own Experience. I Saw Gloria Steinem Speak, And I Was Just Like, Shut The Front Door. She Was Saying That She Didn't Come Into Her Own Until Her 40s, And She Was Asking Herself The Question, Why Should She Have To Get Married? And I Just Thank God Someone Asked That Question, Right? I Think We're The First Generation Of Women Asking Ourselves Certain Questions And Deciding For Ourselves.

Because Of My Unique Experience As My Mom's Child, The Beginning Of My Journey Was More About Me Trying To Figure Out Who I Was On My Own. My Mom Is One Of The Greatest Moms And So Supportive Of All My Siblings And Of All Of Us Being Who We Are, And Not Who She Wanted Us To Be.