My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album.

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.

I don't come from money.

I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.

I think that's the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes.

I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn’t think it was very good for my life.

If an audience doesn't get that [Black Snake Moan] is a movie about overcoming exploitation, it could come across as incredibly misogynistic. That would be the worst thing in the world for me.