I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while.

I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on.

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there

I'd never even seen orange cheese. I mean, who decided to make that orange? And so there was something different about me that they wanted to crush. I don't think it had anything to do with my physicality, but every single day in school it was, "You're the ugliest thing I've ever seen."

Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself.

I really prize my freedom more than work. I prize just being human and doing other things.

I love Cate Blanchett: she takes risks, but is still refind.