My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.

The workload is so heavy you forget about thinking, it just kind of happens.

I was trying to play as real possible - I wanted everything to be real.

Heading the show very thrilling personally, and an incredibly rare opportunity for growth on many levels in terms of workload and just pure skill. It's been fantastic.

Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down.

Honestly, I grew up with Disney.

In episodic TV you have to keep things secret to keep the viewer in suspense.

You learn these little tricks for stage fighting, which are really tiny and you wouldn't think of them, but it makes all the difference in the world. I love it!

I'm carrying a gun, and there's usually a corpse, so I think that may have something to do with it.

The reluctant hero is always fun to play.

One of my first gigs was as a guest star, and I was supposed to be a big imposing character.

Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that.

Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake.

Simon gave her a startled look. 'I don't believe I have ever been condescended to by a woman before.' She shrugged. 'It was probably past time.

The happening that happened was that I met this girl ...

The best ideas emerge when very different perspectives meet.

Growing old is something you do if you're lucky.

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.

A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into public conciousness.

I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season.