In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

Jean Grey, the Phoenix... she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.

The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in that anymore.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.