If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities.

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.

I was always inspired by Sigourney [Weaver]. She's been able to have such beautiful diversity in her career and that's a really impressive thing.

When you take on a TV show, you give trust to people that you really just met.

I'm kind of used to being around guys on set, and I grew up with a brother who treated me like I was a boy.

It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. I mean, that's not normal.