My MOM WOULD Drive Me From Cleveland To New York City And Use My Dad's HOTEL POINTS For Auditions. They Were The Most Supportive Parents That I COULD Have. Without Them, I Wouldn't Have Gotten Anywhere.

I've Grown Up Seeing The Pros And Cons But I Love It And I've Always Wanted To Act. Throughout All The Rejections At AUDITIONS, And Especially When I FINALLY Did Get Something, Both My PARENTS Have Been So Supportive And Always Told Me It Is All About Passion And, If I Was Doing It Because I Love It, There's No Wrong CHOICE.

When I Was About 6, My Cousin Was Very Active In A Filipino Repertory COMPANY, Doing Musicals And Plays. Her Aunt Was One Of The Founders Of The Company, And She Told My MOM That There Were These Auditions For 'The King And I,' And That They Needed Kids. I Auditioned, Got In And The Love AFFAIR STARTED From There And Just Kept Going.

When I Was Five I THOUGHT AUDITIONS Were A Great WAY To GET Out Of School!

In AUDITIONS, You're Not Up Against Anyone Else; You're Both Going In For The Role, And It's Like, Whoever's RIGHT For It Will GET It. It's SIMPLE. It's Not Like, 'Oh I Won!' There's Never That Element. It Is Very SUPPORTIVE.

When I Was LITTLE, My MOM Was An Actress, And She Still Is Now, And She'd GO On Commercial AUDITIONS, And If They Needed A Mom And A Son, She'd Take Me Along, And That's How I Got STARTED.

I CAME To Los Angeles And Did Auditions For TELEVISION. I Made A Terrible Mess Of Most Of Them And I Was Quite Intimidated. I Felt Very Embarrassed And Went Back To London. I Got BRITISH Television Jobs Intermittently Between The AGES Of 23 And 27, But It Was Very Patchy.

Because I Was A DANCER, I STARTED Going To AUDITIONS For MUSICAL Theater, Which Forced Me To Sing.

Auditions Are HARD. You Should See What Most Of The WOMEN Look Like When I AUDITION For Things - They Look Like They Should Be On The Catwalk.