This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that's helped me the most through that is from Toni Morrison's "Beloved" where she says, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" - so I find myself defining myself for other people lest I be defined by others and stuck into some box where I don't particularly belong.

You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.

There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate.

I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.