When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk.

Children do run from me. And so do some adults.

Follow your heart because it always knows.

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'

When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'

No real fairytale scared me, but Freddy Krueger did. 'Nightmare on Elm Street' scared the living hell out of me, but no fairytale. Maybe 'Hansel and Gretel' a little bit when they were walking through the forest and they met the witch. But I liked being scared, I really enjoy being scared.