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I Like Being Put In Embarrassing Positions Because It's The Reason Why I Wanted To Be An Actress. I Want To Try Different Things And Things That Make Me Uncomfortable.

On True Blood — I've Never Told Anybody This—but I Was So Nervous And I Was So Drunk That After I Shot The Scene I Was Going Up To The Crew Members — And I Had Just Met All These People The Day Before — And I Was Going Up To All Of Them Like, 'you Got A Boner! You Do! You've Got One!' It Was Horrible. Horrible!

If You Think Too Much About Nudity, It Can Be Anxiety-provoking Because It Lives On The Internet Forever. I've Only Taken My Clothes Off On That One Other Show, And Yet, If You Were To Google Image Me, It Would Seem Like I Do This All The Time. As An Actress - And As An Actor, Too, But It's Worse For Actresses - You Constantly Get Picked Apart For How You Look. Obviously, Being Picked Apart With Your Clothes On Is Slightly Less Terrifying Than When Your Clothes Are Off.

It's A Different Thing With Cable Tv. You Don't Have To Have Your Characters Be Lovely Again By The End Of The Episode. And In This Era Of The Male Antiheroes On Cable Tv, You Don't Even Need To Make Them Likable; You Just Need To Make Them Compelling. As Opposed To Film, Where It's Still Those Basic Tropes Of Good Versus Evil. But For Women, I Don't Think That Has Been Widely Seen Yet.

I Think Being Mean To People In High School Is Healthy. It's Sort Of Like You're In This Situation With All These Other Kids And Sometimes You Need To Get Your Aggression Out. And If You'd Had People Be Mean To You Before, It Really Does Build Character.