I decided I wanted to be a painter, and then that moved into wanting to be an animator. By adolescence, I just wanted it to be something that was important...something that would make a difference in people's lives or leave an imprint in history.

I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.

I eventually want to come back to Canada, to disappear, have nobody know me, and just be a writer and do what I want to do.

A month and a half after my first audition, I won the role on Lost.

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.

In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

For me there's a need for balance - fulfilling the sensitive side, letting my guard down, holding back the warrior in me. And I have to be vulnerable which is very hard for me to do.