Portugal has amazing seafood with all the eyeballs staring back at you.
I was a fan as well, and I knew it would be a difficult task to come into '24.'
My father was sick when I was little, and we had a woman, a nanny-type, who was from Ireland. Her daughter was in Irish dancing, so she put me in it, and in the summertime, every weekend was filled with traveling somewhere to dance in competitions.
I tend to stay away from the big tourist traps.
I was a diehard fan of '24' since the beginning. But being on the show, there was stuff I never thought about as a viewer, like, wow, it's going to be a single day for 10 months out of your life - you have to look exactly the same every day.
A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body.
As an actor, I know roles go away. You get another job.
We shoot a lot of pilots that don't get picked up, and no one ever sees them at all.
Different cities have different vibes to them, and New York is such a huge, thriving metropolis.
You always look ahead to what you'll do next.
My parents went to Italy a lot, but I didn't go with them. I can't believe that!
I really wished I had done the backpacking-through-Europe thing when I was younger, but I was busy doing musical theater.
I was such a tomboy as a kid, and I'm a dancer.
The pace is so fast in summer stock. In college shows, there is more time for rehearsals.
I went to a really small school, and it had a really small theater department. They didn't talk about Broadway. I learned about it through watching the Tony Awards.
I definitely love to work, and I'm loving being a mommy, so I'd like to try to balance both.
'24' was so serious that it was nice to join 'NCIS' and even be able to smile once or twice.
I knew I'd love being a mom, but it's so much cooler than I even thought it would be.
'24' is such a unique show. I've done a lot of television, but the real-time aspect - where we're shooting over 10 months and actually only doing one day - it's just crazy.
Luckily with '24,' for the most part, each moment is so intense, and your objective is all about that moment right then.
