~I got pregnant, and I was like, 'Oh God, it worked! Oh no!' Chris [Ivery, her husband] and I were super happy, then I got terrified! Will I know how to do everything right? Of course, nobody does everything right, but as long as your baby is the priority, that's the best you can do.~

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.

I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.

For me, being able to work with somebody who I don't have to translate my experience to all the time - that's important, because I'm not ­having to walk someone down the path of racial understanding to tell a story about a woman of color.

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.