“It's so fun because the Carmella you see on 'SmackDown Live' is so dif...” — Carmella Quote

It's so fun because the Carmella you see on 'SmackDown Live' is so different to me. It's great to be able to portray this character in a way that I never would in real life.

I just love sneakers. When I first started wrestling, I was wrestling in boots, and I felt like I was trying too hard to play a wrestler. I just wanted to be myself. So when I started wearing sneakers, I felt so much better.

If the fans are making a noise and reacting, then you're doing a good job.

When I was in NXT, I never wrestled on a TakeOver. I didn't have too many high-profile matches: I probably wrestled about 10 matches in total on NXT TV, including the one championship match against Bayley, which was so much fun and my favorite match in NXT.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

I think, as an actress, whether you want to or not, whether you're ready for it or not, people are going to look at what you're doing, and they are going to look up to you, and it's not even really about you; it's who you portray on the screen.

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.

I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.

I don't try to portray some lifestyle that I'm not living.