I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals.
The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
I'd think the house was the source of great sadness or pressure. I knew it wasn't. I knew it was just where I lived. But I'd walk up the stairs and the second floor was just desolate. My old bedroom: empty. My old rehearsal room: empty. First floor studio: messy and empty. Middle room: broken gear everywhere.
Everyone hears a song a different way and hears timing a different way.
You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
I guess I'm used to TV where we don't really rehearse. You block it out, and then you just start shooting.
A leader who listens is one who is malleable and willing to refine her views and actions as she learns new information or hears a better idea.
I'm used to working with a rehearsal process and your body. It's a different thing to just be a voice. It's liberating, on one hand, because you get to show up in sweatpants and with Doritos on your fingers, but on the other hand, it's limiting because it's just your voice.
When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting, once you're actually on set engaging in the scene with another actor, time is of the essence.
