Working with men like Al Pacino, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Douglas, Edward Norton, David Morse, and Kevin Costner, you have to step up and look them dead in the eye and, you know, scare them. I can see it when it happens, and they don't know it's coming. It's the best look on any man's face when he gets paired with a woman and he doesn't expect her to kick his ass. I'm not saying I've kicked any of their asses, but I feel like I have held my own and said, "I am a force to be reckoned with." It's about not being intimidated. I feel it makes me a stronger woman.

The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.

And, look, I'm sorry if I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?

I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general.

Whenever I start freaking out and getting stressed, I have to remember that this is just the beginning.

The most complicated character I have ever played - she has many, many, many layers that even I'm not fully aware of.

You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.