I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

I didn't completely forget how to be nice or feminine because I have a career.

I don't need marriage. I don't need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself now.

More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look

Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?

Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.