"Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I." — Lana Parrilla

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'

I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.

I've always had a deep resonance, but I love vocal work, and I've been doing it for so many years.

I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.

When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'

Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love them. And when you're young, you can't get on your Big Wheel and go down to the Best Western. You've got to live there and you've got to figure it out.

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Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I.