As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's like well, just like everybody else. It proves it's a bad question.

Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better.

I really liked the idea of playing that kind of optimistic, super-intense, go-get-'em spirit combined with being a little bit of an outsider. I am really drawn to girls of that age in general, who believe they can be a waitress, scientist, actress, a dentist, a zookeeper...and who really aren't boy-crazy.

I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?

I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.