My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.

We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.

When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?

I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind.

I don't care who you are, everyone has been through it - that feeling where you'd like to be someone else.

I'm a more mature actress now.

My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron.

You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet.

Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education.

For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.

Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get.

I don't let guys do hickeys. That's like a dog marking his territory or something.

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.

My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.

The letters from jail are always disconcerting.

There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.

There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants.

TV can be a long commitment.

Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston.