MOST Magazine Celebrity OCT'15 ISSUE NO.1 | Page 72

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“

o the thing you don’t want to do first,”

her father always encouraged. While her
mother instilled the importance of practicing,

“My discipline and work ethic come from them
and they also gave me the gift of independence.”
What must it have been like to encourage
your fourteen-year-old daughter to go
to New York and pursue her dreams?

“What belief they must have had in me.”

The actor counts herself blessed, having
started her career at a young age. “I never

had to make that terrifying leap after college
because I already had an agent.” Humbled,
she remarks, “it is still a tough business…
every audition requires courage, and you
never know what is going to happen.”
In 1989, after her Into the Woods run,
the actor was cast as Tia Russell in the cult
classic, Uncle Buck. This timeless film, about
a lovable bachelor slob, played by the late
Mr. John Candy, would be the first experience
with film and television for the starlet. “It was
like being shot out of a cannon,” the actress
states. She had to learn a whole new set of
rules and cultures on the film set. “It is such

a complex organism, and there was a learning
curve for me, but everyone was understanding.”

She remembers Mr. John Candy fondly,
being a kind, hilarious and lovely person.

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