I needed to do a play. I needed to learn how to act again, in a focused, all-encompassing way, and a really challenging play is a great way to do that.
I was 16. In the middle of the night, I took a taxi to the Detroit train station - or maybe it was the Pontiac train station? - and got on a train to Chicago, then transferred to a train to San Diego where my boyfriend was living at the time.
I love kids. My sister has four boys, and I'm obsessed with them.
I'm friends with Elizabeth Banks - she's a great actress but not actressy at all. She's very cool. I adore her.
My father raised me from the time I was 12 years old. And it would never occur to me that I wouldn't be strong - I wasn't raised like that.
It's funny to be playing a mom. I mean, I'm not a mom in real life. I don't even have a dog.
I was really bad until I was 18.
I don't connect to a certain girliness or talking about girly things - I feel unauthentic and uncomfortable in that world - maybe I'm just more butch than I realize! I have, however, been fortunate to have a number of great girlfriends. You don't meet as many girls as you do guys in my line of work, so I do cherish my friendships.
Eventually, I realized that I would not have a life until I buckled down. Once I did, I auditioned for Juilliard - and that changed everything.
I wanted to do plays. But then I got out of school and started getting jobs in movies and TV. And I seemed more suited to that. I like the intimacy of working for the camera, the size of performance it requires. I love getting into tiny moments.
It is hard to date anywhere... I think you just get a little older and hopefully a clearer idea of who you - I don't know. It is hard.
I pretty much adore all my exes. I try to stay friends with them if I can.
I think, psychics, there are some people that really are psychic, and it doesn't make sense, but why should it make sense?
The Cullens, they're an interesting group of vampires. They're all really good but kind of bad. I mean, they are still vampires.
I don't wear sweatpants out as much as I would like. I would prefer to be in sweatpants most of the time.
It's surprisingly hard to play a vampire and feel believable. I mean, you want to be able to at least believe yourself.
I did a film called 'Puccini for Beginners,' which was a romantic comedy, and I always wanted to do more, but I kept doing drama.
Maybe I don't see enough television, but it seems there aren't many shows that are romantic comedies that are an hour long where you're not solving a crime or being a doctor.
You really have to listen and be vulnerable and open to the other actors and the environment.
