Inbar Lavi

My curls were my worst nightmare growing up.

Growing up, I felt a little bit invisible.

I take great pride in portraying a strong female character who is independent and can take care of herself. I don't think we get to see that enough in television.

I was playing a singer-songwriter, so I started writing, and I started going up to different places around Los Angeles and reading poetry of my own, which terrified me, but I had to do it. I picked up a guitar and started learning guitar.

I was working maybe four different jobs just to make ends meet. I was really broke. I could barely pay rent. I didn't have a car. I was riding my bike from one job to another and then to audition in between.

My worst job would have to be waiting tables at a restaurant in N.Y. My boss was evil.

The Beverly Cinema in L.A. screens old, artsy movies for half the price of regular theaters. It has an old-school vibe to it. It's cheap, and the selection of movies is always interesting and different. Very romantic!

People in Chicago are so cool! They are different; they're friendly and just genuinely happy. Everyone's so polite and sweet. They even look cool.

There's so much serenity that comes from economic safety.

I was a dancer.

I think, basically, if you talk to anybody, you can gauge an idea of what it's like to feel deceived. You don't have to have run into a con artist to feel like you've been deceived by someone.

The happiest that I remember myself was putting on plays and pretending to be other people.