I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female. We have to preserve [female history]. No more complaining. We have to do it.

I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

I love being in space. I love being challenged by great roles that a company like Marvel creates amazing movies that no only give audiences an adventure but also give us as artists an opportunity for us to be challenged to embody amazing, multilayered characters.

You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.

I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.