Mom
  • I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

  • I begged my mom to let me start skating.

  • I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.

  • I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

  • I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.