Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life

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

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

I love my friends. They're my family.

I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great learning experience. And then, I started watching a lot of television. I was always in these foreign countries and I would get TV shows on DVD, and I started to realize that all of the amazing roles for women were on television. I was spoiled by Buffy because I thought that was the way it was everywhere, and it's not.

I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it's pretty simple to let that go.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.