I`m not going to throw up or over-exercise myself into oblivion to look like a model. People tell me, `You`d work all the time if you just lost twenty pounds.` What am I going to do, cut off my head?!
[On being perceived as "heavy"] I have breasts and hips and I am very happy that they are part of me. I weigh one-hundred eighteen and I am five foot four. If you saw me in real life, you would think I was on the thin side.
[about her role as the lesbian Tara on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer":] "I got letters from girls saying that I changed their lives and I met people who would cry about it, and that had such an impact on me. You don`t realise what an impact television has on ...
I started as a dancer when I was a little kid. I realized I didn`t like dancing as much as being onstage and having people clap for me. That`s how I segued into acting, the shortened version.