I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

We live in a thinly veiled misogynistic society.

Working in television it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room.

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.

It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It's a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.

It's so normal for a teenager to dress in black -- and be real unhappy and stay in your room and say sarcastic things. How could something so normal be considered morbid?

I am a Christian. I haven't really talked about that before. It is something very private. But I do pray and my beliefs are very important to me.