I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven.

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.