The more that I can work in different mediums, the more I can grow, and learn from different actors and different types of actors and directors and different styles of acting and build a tool box.

Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's someting I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

I don't have life rage anymore.

When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.

That worries me an awful lot. If people misunderstand our intentions [in Black Snake Moan], especially regarding my character, then they're essentially exploiting an already exploited and abused woman. So it's a huge concern for me.

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.