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" We have this real problem as human beings to put people on pedestals - with celebrities, with historical figures - and we forget they're humans just like us. "

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" It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women. "

" There's an unfair position that women are sometimes put in, in the context of superhero movies and action movies, where at once they have to be very strong and fierce but also sexy. "

" I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do. "

" I guess I'm sort of just a glutton for having moments when I can just do whatever I want to, which sounds terrible. "

" There are some people who don't want to deal with the fact that we are not forever. Some people decide to live life to the fullest. "

" Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of what a woman is. "

" There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others. "

" The beauty of working on a show like 'Westworld' is we're painting a not-too-distant future and talking about an aspirational sense of what power looks like in the future. "

" I've felt this real need to ground my work in my ideals. "

" 'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight. "

" I spent two weeks in Paris by myself. That was my first time in Europe. "

" Norse mythology is mystifying and fantastic and totally confusing, but you can draw a lot of inspiration from it. "

" I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East. "

" I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities. "

" The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. "

" I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell. "

" I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together. "

" I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead. "

" I was gregarious as a kid, but I think the idea of actually getting to know people, I'm just shy. It sort of takes me a minute to want to sit down and talk about myself. "

" I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies. "

" I think, as an actor, when you're starting off early in your career, you're kind of just seeing what lands. But 'Veronica Mars' definitely primed me to look for surprising, dynamic women. It took me awhile to realize how cool that job was. "

" Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that you always want to play strong female characters. I think I just want to play characters that are interesting, and not all people are 'strong.' "

" Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary. "

" I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it. "

" I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless. "

" I like to think I'm one of the least athletic people in real life. I don't do a whole lot when I'm left to my own devices except wield forks and knives. "

" I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha! "

" Cultural change always precedes political change. "

" As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool. "

" The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood. "