Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.

Love humiliates you. Hatred cradles you.

I used to do drugs in high school. I've been living in L.A. for almost 10 years, and shortly after I arrived I cleaned up pretty much. Stuff goes on on the set, stuff goes on at parties.

Women are brought up to think it's acceptable to pay attention to their faces. Men translate their discomfort into their behavior.

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.