Chandra Wilson

I have quite a few gay couples and gay couples with children in my life. ”

I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job. ”

I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions. ”

I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in. ”

Directing is its own monster with its own set of muscles and exercises. ”

This is the weirdest industry. When you have a job, you can't fall into the pitfalls of thinking you're secure. If it's not a firing, it's a strike. ”

I keep getting amazing things to bring to life. There's always something to discover with 'Dr. Bailey,' something that brings her home to the audience, something that makes people say, 'I know that woman. I work with that woman.' It's incredibly flattering and I'm still finding new things with her all the time. ”

Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood. ”

My mom said I was not going to be an idle child, so I had things to do every day after school. ”

When someone new takes over a role, the company doesn't change anything from the script, but they do lay it all out there and let people take from it what they take from it. ”