I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in.
I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions.
'Grey's' is one of those shows... That's been able to ride so many waves.
It's very difficult to advocate for yourself while you're in excruciating pain.
Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it.
My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.
I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor.
While I was at NYU, I did a play at The Public called 'The Forbidden City,' where I went in as an understudy and got my Equity card.
I started in musical theater as a little girl in Houston.
Directing is its own monster with its own set of muscles and exercises.
I'm a one-uniform kind of person; I like to establish the look of a character and just stick with that - like a cartoon.
I have quite a few gay couples and gay couples with children in my life.
Patrick Dempsey will forever be known as 'Grey's Anatomy''s McDreamy.
I'm trying to learn things behind the camera and what a producer does and shadowing the directors.
We could be much more empathic as a society.
I just don't take stuff too seriously.
My mom said I was not going to be an idle child, so I had things to do every day after school.
I made the decision to go on to college and major in drama and see where it would take me.
I've watched 'General Hospital' for 35 years. I grew up with it. It holds such a place in my heart.
