I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word feminism because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood, I want to embrace my womanhood.

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle.

I just like short hair on women; I think its cool.

If your home is peaceful, then you're going to go out in your day peacefully.

I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me.

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