When I’m rested, I’m at my best.

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.

When you have short hair, there's just a feeling of here I am. What you see is what you get. And there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair and I like the way that makes me feel.

I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.