You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.

I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus.

I know what it's like to live in a cold climate. I grew up in the Snow Belt, north of Toronto in Canada, and I did years and years of running outside.

In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.

I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.