I’ll answer to just about anything. Sometimes people mistake me for Sarah Jessica Parker, and I answer to that, too.

Let me tell you how un-Buffy I am. For the first episode, I come in and yell, “What’s the sitch?” I did not know what “sitch” meant. I still have to ask Joss, “What does this mean?” because I don’t speak the lingo. I think he makes it up half the time.

I probably had eleven auditions and four tests. It was the most awful experience of my life, but I was so driven. I had read the script and heard about Joss Whedon and how wonderful he was.

I love a big bowl of hot and sour soup. There’s nothing I don’t eat, except maybe rabbit.

Being a teen idol is what I’ve waited for my whole life.

It’s been hard to be a show in L.A. and be trendsetting, because the fashions are in New York… Not to mention that most actresses are all, give or take, the same size, between five-two and five-five, and 95 to 125 pounds.

Japanese horror is different. It messes with your head.

I think the best piece of advice I’ve ever gotten is to trust myself and go for my dreams. I got that from my mom.

My biggest complaint about high school is when it’s Send-the-roses day, somebody’s always left out. I always got roses, but I would give them to someone who hadn’t gotten any.

I did a lot of shopping. Actually, I had my birthday at Tokyo Disneyland. It was amazing – odd and surreal. Then a bunch of my friends and I rented out a tattoo parlour and we all got tattoos.

I’ll kiss anything. Guys, girls, dogs.

If a tidal wave hits LA just grab a fake boob for safety.

I’ve won an Emmy. Okay, it’s a Daytime Emmy, but it’s still an Emmy. It doesn’t mean nearly as much to me as my Nickelodeon Kids’ Choise Awards for Favorite Female Butt Kicker.

Horror films are where women can shine and have a chance to lead. They always save the day in these films.

I am militant about drugs. You want to do ‘em, you’re out of my life.

I don’t understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

Those are such difficult years, and I would never want to be a teenager again for all the money in the world.

Some actresses can be the girlfriend or the wife, but I think I would get so bored.

Being on Buffy really spoiled me because it’s so rare to have a female protagonist like that.

I’m not really a fearful person. I don’t want to live my life in fear. I look forward to challenges.

I’m a fan of Japanese cinema in general.

Buffy, in this incarnation, is over.

One of the greatest gifts my job has given me is that my mother, who gave up her entire life for me, doesn’t have to work any more. I’m now in a position to repay her for her devotion.