I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

Being professional is just really clearly the way to go and helps you on the road to longevity.

My dad, he is such a soft man. Even if he has these opinions about my boyfriends, he will be the sweetest guy. He will make you feel like you're fascinating and awesome, even if he doesn't like you that much.

I spend too much time on the Internet. But I do love knitting. Actually, I do more knitting when I'm working.

There are a lot of scripts that you can like, but rarely are there directors attached when you're in development with something and that's stressful.

The strong smells I remember are all floral. There's nothing like a farm rose to take you back to the mountains and the meadows. I'm a mountain girl, a meadow girl, so I feel very close to that.

The risk for me has to do with the nudity aspects. I'm an American actress in mainstream movies, and I would like to always be able to do them. For some reason, nudity is perceived differently here than it is elsewhere, and I didn't want to lose any American audience that I was building.