Christine Lahti

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame. ”

I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed. ”

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well! ”

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period. ”

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better. ”

I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning. ”

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities. ”

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back. ”

The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover. ”

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left. ”