Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end…

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of...

Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of...

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch...

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch...

It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're...

It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're...

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An...

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An...

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with...

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with...

When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more...

When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more...

I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I...

I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I...

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about...

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about...

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall,...

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall,...

I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself...

I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself...

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous....

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous....

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that...

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that...

Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make...

Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make...

We never left a set until we'd trashed it.

We never left a set until we'd trashed it.

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An...

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An...

I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I...

I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I...