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So my audition for "Melrose Place" was in 1992.
Simultaneously, I had an interview for a feature film
to play Robert De Niro's daughter.
And I got the role, so it was a time where I had to decide,
do I want to go in the direction of film,
or do I want to go in the direction of TV?
And "Melrose" had been picked up already for 13 shows.
So I figured, well, it's going to be,
hopefully, a job for 14 weeks.
And I'm glad I did.
I just love Jane.
I like that she was the girl next door.
Maybe she was a doormat once in a while.
Maybe she got cheated on all the time,
but she was a good person, and she
was one of the only characters on the show
that was sound and sweet.
And I just related to that.
That's how I like to live my life.
I think "Melrose Place" was such a hit
and worked because there was, number one,
nothing else like that out on TV yet.
Like, real issues, 30-something, things
that people go through trying to start their life, new jobs.
But then we brought on Heather Locklear.
The show took a turn.
I don't know if the writers really
planned on all of this happening,
but it naturally then became a dramedy, really,
which is what "Melrose" became, this serious but also wacky
stuff that doesn't happen in real life.
And I think that's why it really was something
that people watched and loved.
They got together.
You know, I don't really know that that happens anymore where
people stop their lives and get together,
meet at each other's houses, and watch a show.