No one would touch me with a barge pole as an actress. It hit hard. I thought, 'What am I doing? This is a stupid idea!' It's like throwing yourself into a massive pond, and you feel like you're going to drown so quickly.

I always knew that if I was ever going to perform something that I wrote in front of an audience, I was going to do the thing I most like to experience as an audience member, which is to be tricked.

I just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying.

I think it's part of human nature, that we want to achieve. It's definitely a kind of cosmopolitan nature, wanting to achieve in the fast lane.

This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.

I've been so obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' and there's so much about nobility and duty that I think about a lot.

I had such a supportive family, and I think that affects your life in such a profound way; it fortifies you completely.

As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash.

Every time I see the rails of my photo shoots, it's like Dr. Seuss, or as if they've skinned Muppets.

Throughout a lot of my 20s, my sexual allure and power was one of the most important things about me, my currency.