Actress

When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, 'Make me look like this.'

I like the idea of raising a kid in my trailer. My mother was an actress. I grew up in theater with her in Brazil. I would play with set dolls. And I loved it.

I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like 'Coming to America' or 'Misery' or 'Moonstruck.'

My hair is normally really unkempt - I'll just use my sunglasses like a headband or throw on a felt cloche by Behida Dolic in windy weather.

'Gotham' was something that just popped up for me.

I've had some strange fan encounters, that's for sure.

When I was 7, we moved to New York because my dad's job was transferred.

'V' had just been cancelled; I was looking for a job, and the 'Homeland' script came across my desk. I loved it immediately, although I thought it would end up being discovered gradually - a slow-burner, like 'The Wire.'

You like to think that you're bigger than your traditions and customs, but they form who you are.

I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like 'Coming to America' or 'Misery' or 'Moonstruck.'

My first role was in a Nativity play. My mom was playing Mary, and I was crying backstage, so she brought me out as Baby Jesus.

There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while.

You don't know what love is until you meet your child.

If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.

You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy.

I understand people are curious, but it doesn't matter. My personal life is my personal life.

You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life, but you can't really think about it that way.

I grew up in the West Village and went to the New York City Lab School for junior high.

I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all good.

I have this internal cultural struggle where there's a side of me that is very Brazilian that misses the food and culture, and a side of me that's very American that really loves the structure and predictability here.