Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.

I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go any further I knew I wanted to pursue acting. That's one thing you don't use as a dancer - your voice. And the one thing I use most in my life is my voice so it's wonderful to get to express myself artistically through the biggest instrument I use.

I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.

The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.