I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

I've been acting since second grade, and I just remember when I first moved to New York and I was living in Washington Heights with three other actors in this tiny apartment and busting my butt to get to the subway, walking to, like, five auditions in a day.

I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.

I think everybody wants to be a rock star.

I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.

I've been acting since second grade, telling stories, making my parents laugh here and there, so I'm hoping my 'thing' is acting. But I also make a really good bread pudding.