When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager.

You're always homesick.

I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife.