People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

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There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!

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Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

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I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

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My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.

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I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

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A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

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I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.

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It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.

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I love playing a smart, ambitious, talented woman. Who doesn't? That's really fun for me.

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