Aline Brosh McKenna

And I didn't have a ton of friends and I was quite shy, which no one who knows me now can believe, but I was quite shy.

So for some reason, I decided that because I was shy that I should go out for the play and that that would help me with my shyness.

And so I auditioned for a play in fifth grade.

And so I did this play in one line, but I really loved the people.

And I felt like even though I wasn't really getting very big parts, I

I loved being around the people in the process.

And I felt like, oh, these are my people.

And then I moved to a smaller school.

You know, as Darwin would dictate, there were fewer people there.

So I got better parts.

And when I was in ninth grade, I got a lead.

And so I really I had to sing a lot in front of people.

And I just did it.

And I really loved being in a play.

Being part of it, I'm friends with a lot of performers.

And when you turn the light on, people who are really performers, they come to life.

That's where they belong.

And I never quite felt that, but I felt like this zone of show people is where I should be.

So I kept trying.

I kept auditioning because I was in this really small high school.