Dance has always been a really important thing for me, so being able to physically express the characters through music and dance is like another layer to things.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

John Cassavetes' films have really altered the way I see film and acting and storytelling and emotion and love, so I see acting as this incredible revealing of human nature and this means of telling our story, sharing our voice with the world. That's what acting is for me. It allows for people to experience things through the character, through the story.

I think the idea of family and protecting the family is something that ties a lot of these women together.

For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.

I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.

I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.