Sarah Shahi

They don't always give you the script, but what they'll give you are what's called sides, which are just like five to 10 pages of the audition material.

So I remember with this one, though, I had the first three scripts.

I had the first three scripts and I had the material for the audition, which were three different scenes.

And I was reading it going, oh, my God, like these words feel like they were ripped from the pages of my heart.

Like, what the fuck?

This is all too real.

And, you know, like most women prior to sex, me doing sex life, I was like most women.

I felt overworked.

I was overburdened.

I was, you know, tired.

Like self-care for me looked like adding Metamucil to every meal, you know, and picking parsley out of my teeth for 10 minutes a night.

You know, I was carrying the burden at home, at work.

It was just like a lot.

And I didn't

I mean, I, you know, there were little things that would, but that was my story for a long time.

It wasn't just the year prior to sex life, right?

Like that was how I was living life and how I thought I was supposed to live life.

You know, I was like, you know, women have been fed this narrative for the longest time where it's like, you're not supposed to want sex.

for anything more than to support your partner and your children.

You are here in service to them.