Quotes from Lana Parrilla

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

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.'

This is the honest-to-God truth: I just focus on the work, because if my work isn't good, then I won't succeed either way.

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 played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.