You can't not be into basketball and grow up in Chicago or live in L.A., because people are so fanatical about the teams. You know what's going on wi….

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more than I do, but that happens less and less as….

In animation, there's silly things I get to do with my voice. I get to have a wider range, so my voice gets to dance more than it does on camera..

I'm a fan. I would have been a fan of Candyman even if I hadn't been in that movie. I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, which is why I was in Star Trek: Voy….

Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me..

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job….

Voiceover work reminds me of old-time radio. When I was little I used to sneak and stay up at night and listen to Mystery Radio Theater - I loved all….

I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic..

Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and….

You know, we’re not on stage, we’re not doing a play, so we don’t have a relationship with the audience but going through that process and also just ….

I want every movie to be like a big family and a great adventure..

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just never grew out o….

I love when I get to play these characters that are bigger than life. There are roles in animation that I never get to do in real life - and it appea….

Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't read the book at first. I read the scri….

Do something good for yourself today. You matter..

Sadly, I really want to be Batman ... and I just never will be..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain w….

Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since been torn down.….

I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because….

The actor side of me loves to get dressed up and I feel like Cinderella when I'm in diamonds..