I love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved.

I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I love something: and scarcely do I love it completely when the tyrant in me says: "I want that in sacrifice." This cruelty is in my entrails. Behold! I am evil.

The curse is an incredible set of blue balls.

By the light of your stars, heal me.

One who wants to wear the crown, bears the crown.

If you're trying to be hip, be hip.

My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.

The more you play it the less you know about it.

There is only one death, so let it be in the path of Allah

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.