Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

I do have designers that I love to wear, like Philip Lim and Marc Jacobs whose stuff I know will look good on my body. But still, I always like to express myself by changing things up.

Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision's already made the minute you walk in the room because they're like, 'His hair's good or she's got the right skin color' or whatever. It's so random, but it's so physically oriented.

For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that's really nice. It's generally good.

It's very challenging to learn something new as an adult.

My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.

In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession.