I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

I'm very much a hippie from Northern California.

I'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors.

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.

It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.