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" TV can be a long commitment. "

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" Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get. "

" I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. "

" After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an actor. "

" I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. "

" We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events. "

" If I wasn't doing this, I'd be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society. "

" I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that. "

" I really admire the way the fans have joined me in social justice endeavours and the charitable work that I've been involved in. We've raised over $100,000 on Twitter for our non-profit in Uganda. "

" I'm a more mature actress now. "

" There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants. "

" I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn't like I was an overnight hit. I think when that happens to some actors - they just don't know what to do with themselves. You don't know how to cope with friends and all of a sudden not being able to go out. It's such a shock to your system. "

" When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age. "

" For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football. "

" I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I was born, and so my three brothers were almost like my fathers growing up. So they taught me how to ride a bike and all that stuff. I really was just kind of a guy's girl and just kind of an outspoken - some could say obnoxious - in-your-face kid. "

" The letters from jail are always disconcerting. "

" You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet. "

" I literally remember when I made my audition tape for 'Buffy'. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall and put some safety pins in my jeans. I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for 'Buffy', and they were so excited. "

" In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10. "

" I joined the Twitterverse in the second season of 'Dollhouse.' Friends that I admire were already in that space, like Kevin Smith. "

" My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they're very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites. "

" My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. "

" When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in 'True Lies', she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus. "

" There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge. "

" I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind. "

" Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? "

" Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston. "

" I have nieces and nephews that I love hanging out with, and they think I'm the biggest goof on the planet. "

" My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics. "

" Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education. "

" I think people hear and feel the genuine nature of my passion for the causes. Specifically, with the non-profit in Uganda, my mother is the president, and she was an African politics professor for almost 50 years, so I think people know that I align myself with people who know what they're talking about. "