Actress

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms... The moaning that comes from me when there is turbulence. It's awkward for everyone around.

Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.

Free is the best. Anything free is good.

No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.

Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

I always said if it gets to a point where I really want a child, I would adopt; kids are amazing, so I'm getting the selfish stuff out of my system so when I have them I can say, 'Go, run. I have plenty of money, go play.'

I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day is usually disappointing because you put them up on a pedestal, and then you're like, 'Wow, that's not a nice person.'

I'm not a fan of reality shows, but I am a fan of people who use their brains and skills and hard work to outsmart people, not to steal someone's man or get drunk on TV.

Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.

Being in front of a camera, in a nice dress, getting all dressed up, is extreme. There's a lot of other extreme situations, you know, just getting out of bed sometimes is extreme - but I do it. Just got to do it, just got to get up. Put your sweatpants on, brush off the dog hair and just get out of the house!

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

I don't think we spend enough time in silence, just realizing what's floating around in our noggin.

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.