I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease.
And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be That Girl. I even wrote a spec script for it and sent it to Sam Denoff.
When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.
I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.
As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous thing. I wasn't full of personality, I was full of solitude and solemnity. I wasn't a cover-girl type.
I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.
As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress.
I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.