I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.

I have an amino acid missing that you can only get from certain kinds of eggs. So, I've been eating a few eggs.

I didn't always want to act. My passion was writing, and it still is one of my primary passions to this day, but it wasn't until high school when I started acting in plays that it became a thought of something I might want to do. And when I applied to colleges, at NYU, I was able to study both writing and acting.

I'm always trying to figure out what my taste is, what my likes and dislikes are.

I'm always looking at my brother and sisters, thinking - do we look inbred, maybe? Maybe a tiny bit.

While 'The Help' is in so many ways a celebration of these women's friendships and what they overcome, it's also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that.