Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive.

The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it.

When you're reading Chekov, you're in this world that he's created. I never would have created that world. I don't know anything about that time period or that setting or those groups of people or what those experiences were, but oh my gosh, it's amazing to daydream on it and put yourself there.

I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.

Eventually, if you're the train that's leaving the station, people will race to catch up with you. I think that's one of the things I've figured out. You can't wait for permission to act, you just do; then people are like, "Oh, look at that person just doing over there. Maybe I'll come join them."

Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.