In her purse) A wallet; two coin purses, one with a Monkey's head on it, and one pink one I got in Australia; my regular wallet, I had lost my wallet, so now I have another, but I was using the coin purses until I got a new [wallet]; Girlie Implements; Make-Up; A Pen.

 

 

About six months before I knew I was going to move to LA, I came out and visited. It was February, the sun was shining, it was 70-some-odd degrees. I was like, 'Okay, I can live here.'

 

 

 

If a man is coming at me like that, I'm going to knee him.

 

 

 

When women break up with boyfriends or go through a divorce, they want a change. They tend to go for the hair. Cut it. Color it.

 

 

 

I really wish I had learned another language. But I don't have such a grasp on English, so I don't know that learning a second language would be so easy for me [laughs]!

 

 

 

I’d like to paint a picture, but I can’t even paint a room!

 

 

 

I’ve only had one vacation as an adult. I went to Australia, and it was incredible.

 

 

 

I don’t talk on the internet. I’ll instant message with somebody, but that’s different.

 

 

 

In life, sometimes we find ourselves doing things that we would have sworn we would never do until we're in that position.

 

 

 

Q: When your ex puts a gun in your hand and orders you to kill your current lover, at what point does one start to think, "Maybe I should take some time off?"

A: Exactly! Time to go back to the trailer park in Florida! [Laughing] Like I've said, sometimes, it takes people a long time to learn their lessons in life.

 

 

 

You know it’s good to just like get your own neck. We don’t touch ourselves enough, do we?

 

 

 

Just because people are disabled or they have some kind of disability, it doesn’t mean they don’t have feelings and emotions and need to live with dignity and a sense of pride.

 

 

 

Though Tamara Braun can list the 1998 indie hit The Opposite of Sex on her Resume, she didn't exactly appear in the film. "Unfortunately, I ended up on the cutting-room floor," she smiles. "But it was cool because the director, Don Roos, wrote me a letter that said, 'We ended up with a very long film, but we loved what you did.' He stepped so beyond the call of duty by hand-writing me a note. I thought that was amazing." As for Braun's take on the flick's final cut? "It was such a cool movie. I loved it!"

 

 

 

I started in theater. Then, I started doing commercials and industrials. When I came here, I did a lot of guest star roles on episodic, sitcom, and film. So, I've done it all.

 

 

 

I don't think people say, "There goes ballsy Tamara," but I know it is a part of me.

 

 

 

Actors want to be as honest as we can be and break down those walls. That's a beautiful thing in an actor to be able to do.

 

 

 

When two years passed her by without a single gig, a grim reality started to take hold. "I told my boyfriend, ‘This is it. I’m done,’" recalls Braun. "He held me while I cried. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to stay here as a reminder of my dreams not coming true."

 

 

I have dreams where I'm flying all the time.