When I'm Writing My Blog,

I Still Get Nervous When I Have A Lot Of Makeup On, A Big Hairdo, And A Dress.

I Knew I Wanted To Be An Actor, And I Didn't Necessarily Need Or Want To Be Famous Or A Celebrity Actor. But I Wanted To Be Somewhere Where There Would Be No Ceiling On What I Could Accomplish, And I Felt Like If I Stayed In St. Louis I Might Have A Really Great Regional Theater Career Or Something, But That I Wasn't Going To Be Able To Get Much Further Than That. And It Felt Like New York And L.a. Were The Two Places Where You Could End Up Being A Tv Star Or You Could End Up Doing Regional Theater, Which Would Have Been Fine As Well.

I Was Definitely Raised This Way. My Folks Are Very Grounded, Normal People, And I Wasn't Raised In The Entertainment Industry. I Just Grew Up In St. Louis, Missouri, In A Very Normal Family. I Wasn't A Child Actor Or Anything Like That.

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 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.