"When you share something about your adolescence, it's a way to roll over and show your soft underbelly when it comes to talking about your past and the person that you once were"

"I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear."

"It’s always good to be recognized for hard work you’ve done in the years past. While you’re doing it, you don’t think of it so much. You’re just working. It’s a wonderful thing for someone to acknowledge it."

"I’m working while other actresses my age are having a rough time. Every show needs a blonde cutie pie so the jobs are there. It’s a matter of finding a means to get there. There are lots of ways to do that, but I didn’t want the hassle of sleeping with people just to get work. I didn’t want to mess with agents and their couches or casting directors and producers making passes."

"I am blessed with a great family and great people around me that would be able to kick me in the shins if I ever for one minute got lost up in the clouds. I've been really lucky in that sense."

"What's strange about the way my brain functions is that the only thing that has ever made me feel calm is knowing clearly what I want."

"Oh, for the love, I can't even simulate sex without dying!. I had a little asthma attack, without any prior knowledge that I had asthma, during the scene where we had to jump up and down for hours and hours screaming and yelling on the bed. [It] was humiliating, because it was the second day of shooting."

"For me, I value privacy so much and I understand why I need to talk about the work, the films and all of that but it's incredibly hard to reveal stuff about my life, so it makes me feel pretty boring and very protective."

"The first time I had a panic attack I was sitting in my friend's house, and I thought the house was burning down. I called my mom and she brought me home, and for the next three years it just would not stop. I would go to the nurse at lunch most days and just wring my hands. I would ask my mom to tell me exactly how the day was going to be, then ask again 30 seconds later. I just needed to know that no one was going to die and nothing was going to change."

"Flaws are my favorite part of people, usually."