Actress

There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.

I just love math and most people don't.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.

It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.

Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.

I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!

If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.

When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.

If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.

Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves down, and that's going to attract the wrong kind of guy, and it's serious. It's serious business.

I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.

Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.

Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.

I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming.

There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.

People talk about 'getting rid of the old image', and I guess there's some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved 'The Wonder Years' - I can't turn my back on it.

There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.