On the movie business

“You’ve got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.”

“I’ve never gotten to do romantic comedy like most of the girls. Maybe because I’m fit, people assume that I’m not funny?”

“There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town. But it’s nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves.”

I’m not going to give up doing interesting things. I’m going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business.”

“Being ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ definitely didn’t just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought, ‘This is going to be huge for me!’ And it really wasn’t at all.”

“I love being someone I’m not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else’s skin.”

“At 10, I was intrigued by surgery, I wanted to be a surgeon for a long time. I love doctor shows and surgery shows. Blood is not an issue for me. I even took pictures once of me getting my blood taken.”

“I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?”

“I’m not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain.”

“I’ve been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn’t care.”

“Smile… Even when your life is at its worst, you never know when you’ll meet the one who takes your breath away!”