I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize.

They've turned this character into a human being.

Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn't normally try.

We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute.

I did an action series back in '97, and did very intense training; weapons, knives, hand-to-hand combat. The more an actor trains in that way, the more we can do on screen and the better it looks. Nowadays, they want the actors to do as much as possible and stunt doubles are primarily used for the dangerous things that aren't covered by insurance.

Usually pilot season is very busy, and there are lots of auditions and lots of near misses and rejections. This year, I had two auditions, landed this role and it felt like being home again.