- I normally eat everything under the sun, but once a year, for a whole month, I eat nothing but fruits, vegetables, nuts, and lean fish, and I feel great!
– (on the possibility that her role as Juliet on Lost will catapult her to high fame) “Oh, God, I can’t even imagine in any way, shape, or form that I’d ever break through. I’m such a chameleon; I don’t think there’s enough people can latch onto. I think of myself as an oddity
- Having a baby helped me. It’s about getting to a place where I am unafraid as an actress.
- I think if you have a love for this business, you can’t ever do anything you feel is not fun or not good or not something that means something to you. Otherwise you turn into something that you’re not.
– Acting is so exciting to me. It’s a thrill; otherwise I wouldn’t do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you’re working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing…it doesn’t matter what medium you’re in. as long as you have something to do.
- Believe it or not, women seem to love the character [Juliet]. Men, however…I’ve gotten a few stares. “Oh no.” That sort of thing. I always have C.J. on my hip and I’m walking around. I’m not ever quite as still as Juliet. I’m fairly goofy and nerdy. But I have had more men look at me a little terrified. I think men are intrigued and they want to engage in some sort of smackdown”
- The nature of being an actress is to be fallible, to be vulnerable. We’re all the nerds of our world, aren’t we? I was a complete, total nerd. …I loved the idea that the underdog wins more often than not. And I don’t know if that happens in life. But I want it to.
- My family doesn’t care [what roles I take]. They think it’s wonderful. They care about the work and they also care about the fact that when I was a child, I learned through television not to be prejudiced — I learned through television not to be racist and that’s what we should do. I think that’s part of our educational process.
- I want to have kids everywhere…I want to eat Haagen-Dazs and get broad hips. If you try to stay young forever, you don’t really live.
- I was even in a comedy group for a while. It’s so different. It’s so completely different. The idea of going to work and being able to laugh all day is great to me… There’s nothing harder than comedy. I think that anyone that thinks it’s easy just try and make someone laugh sometime! I think that comedy is hard, but I really enjoyed it. It’s nice when you can get the guy to laugh. I think it’s breathtaking.
- I know it’s so ‘in’ to be blase, but that’s not going to get you anywhere. People feel good about doing things with you if you’re enthusiastic. You’ve gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.
- I love character roles…You work hard, immerse yourself in the characters. I generally don’t do big high-profile roles. They terrify me. They lead me into places I’m not sure I want to go
– “I’m pretty bored with people sitting in a room talking about what they’re going to do, yeah. I’d like to be Han Solo. I’d like a little banter. And I’m up for a little sordid romance. I’d love to see Erica make some sort of horrible misinformed move on Father Jack and have him be like, ‘Uh, I’m a priest.’”
