Round Up (Soap Opera Digest - January 21, 2003) "The most meaningful compliment was from Jill Larson (Opal), because she was the first person on the set to give me a compliment about my work. When I started, I didn't know how I was doing, and the only thing I had to rely on was the tapes that our casting director gave me so I could see what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong. But then Jill gave me the most wonderful compliment about how well I was doing. She didn't have to say anything to me, and it just...it just made me feel a lot more sure of myself, a lot more comfortable. And it made me want to try even harder."