There's this certain caliber of dancing I was striving for when I was younger, and it's very hard for me to go back and just do it for fun. But I take all other kinds of classes: I take jazz classes, modern classes, and I love doing that instead of going to the gym. The gym is not very much fun.

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.

I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

There was a little part of me that always felt like I was going to be an actress, but I never acted when I was growing up. I was a dancer. That's all I did, all day, all my life. Maybe this was just where I was meant to be, and somehow I ended up here, but it just felt right. As soon as I started acting, it just felt like it was meant to be.

You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting feedback from the actor and hearing their voice and how they play things.

I love it if a man makes an effort to get to know my parents and sisters. Getting to know the people who matter to me goes a long way.