I liked the monsters, I liked them because I couldn't understand how something so scary could also be so good. It got me thinking as a very early age, and I had a lot of rehearsal.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

The careers that I admire and actually try to emulate are those of Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. Those women, to me, make amazing choices. They're sexy, beautiful women, but that doesn't dictate their choices.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs.

I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.

That's the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is really what I've been working for a while. I've been in the business for a minute, and it's an opportunity like this that I've been really working towards.