24/7 with Liz Blake, Actor, Personal Shopper, Richmond, VA

My family: Classically nuclear and crazily fantastic.

My work: Regional theatre and J. Crew.

My passion: Musical theatre, Shakespeare, and shoes.

My best friend says I am: Her older sister.

My favorite possession: My DVD set of The West Wing.

I'm thinking about: The 2008 election.

The worst idea I've ever had: Stirrup pants. But I had a lot of company.

Words I live by: It’s not about need, though it may be about storage space.

The best thing I ever won: An Oscar. No, wait…

I can't live without: Peanut butter.

I am most proud of: My voice.

If I were a superheroine I would be: Able to fly, that's for sure!

Always: Try it. You can decide later that you don't like it.

Never: Buy for the size you wish you were. You're beautiful now. Dress for it.

My mother always said: You're turning into me.

One thing I never want to do again: Date a smoker.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Skydive.

Right now I'm reading:The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower.

The one item that has changed my life: Can my boyfriend count as an item?

Favorite web site:imdb.com.

The nickname I wish I had: Red.

My theme song: Probably something from Fraggle Rock.

If I could do it all over again: I would have studied harder in Spanish class.

My favorite body part: Hands.

The food I could eat every day: PB&J

I still can't get the hang of: The piano.

I wish I'd known: That studying abroad is a great idea.

The world would be a better place, if only: There were more hours in the day.

I'd like to learn to: Speak another language.

Something most people don't know about me: I don't get mosquito bites.

The smartest woman I know: My mother.

What are you most vain about? My hair.

Whose diary would you most like to read? Shirley McLaine

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