I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.
I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.
I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.
Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense.
I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.
Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it.
It's my life - acting.
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
Really, voice-over is great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.
My great joy in working on anything is stepping out in front of the camera and working with the actors.
You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you can't learn until you do it.
Usually for cartoons, I record them in the mornings from 9 A.M. to noon, then I have the rest of the day to do on camera. It actually gives me time to work on my own projects.
I'm always happy and most at home on the stage. I love film and television, but I love live performance... your immediacy with the audience, it makes all the difference in the world.
I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial.
I really love being onstage - that's kind of home base - but I love the camera, too. I love it all.
A couple jobs that I would love to do are hosting a television show, sideline reporting for the NBA or NFL, on-camera hosting for an entertainment network, event planning for a PR company or resort and, of course, WWE Diva!
I don't miss working on camera as much as theatre. But I do love film and television because it's so immediate; you walk on to a set and the tables are dusty, and everything's as it should be.
Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.
The world that I would want to get into would be acting. In the beginning, I would do stuff as myself if I had the opportunity to host events - host, like, a talk show. Something like that, I think, would be super amazing.
I always wanted voice over to be part of my career. Even as a child, I'd watch cartoons and know that someone was doing the voices. When I moved to L.A., my hope was that I'd do on-camera work and voice over. I've ended up doing both, but the voice over side took off in a way that I didn't expect!!
I'd come up with one leg in theater, but never my first leg. I loved the camera too much.
It's a little strange, after all these years of working on camera, but once you start to watch the other people who do this a lot and realize how much of what you're doing has to just come through your voice, I found it really interesting.
Actually, acting and hosting shows just happened on the way, and I will do it 'til it lasts and then concentrate on writing.
It's nice when I get offered small parts. But I really think that 'SNL' is what my skill set is best designed for.
