If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of the simple humanity.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bedlam. Everyone's got crazy eyes.

Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect.

The more we mask ourselves, the freer we're able to be within ourselves.

You feel very much like a puppet, but it had been what I was accustomed to - so you just get on with it and try to find something that rings true.

It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.