It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

I was very burned out after Buffy. It was exhausting. It took me from essentially 18 on the pilot to being 24 and married when we finished. That show was my life. I was doing movies on the hiatuses and on weekends, but I needed to explore and live that gypsy lifestyle.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.

The flashbacks are a great way to give answers to the story.

I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.