I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.

I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.

Television is also a great tool for women. As you know, the best female roles are often on television, so it's a very exciting time. I've really embraced it. The pace is great, but also not so great sometimes. You feel like you have to make sure to pay attention, at all times, to not let anything slip through.

I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay.

What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age.

I didn't grow up watching a lot of TV.

I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask the questions. That's been the focus while I'm in my thirties - to become an accomplished woman, rather than some actress.