Tattoo

Penny was 18 when she moved to California. Fresh out of high school, she was bound and determined to gain a career in acting. She was also scared out of her mind.

It was during her second week that she got the tattoo. After careful consideration, she chose the Chinese symbol for "courage," knowing that without it she'd be back home in a month.

Years later, when she's still waitressing at the Cheesecake Factory, and no closer to making it big than she was at 18, her tattoo reminds her of why she came, and why she's not giving up.