It was always my dream to be a New York theater actor. I never thought I was pretty enough to be on camera.

I try to keep it separate as I can, but also, I'm not going to live my life in complete privacy. If I'm feeling something, I'm going to live my life. I will not hide things.

The one thing I can say about the 'Stranger Things' cast that I don't often feel when I do television and movies is that every single actor on that show that I've interacted with is a good-hearted person.

I don't want to do procedural: I want to do longform.

I'm normally a pretty loquacious, kind of fun person.

That's all I've ever wanted to do is to feel like what you're doing moves someone, and that ultimately, maybe they can make a different choice in their life that may be better, right?

All I've ever wanted to do as an actor was move people.

The fact that I got famous and became a sex symbol around my normal, frumpy, love-handled self is so gratifying - and, dare I say, culturally gratifying as well.

The fact is, for years, I had been trapped in a certain narcissism and a desire to have a certain body and look sexy.

In this business, certainly it's a lot crazier for women than it is for men, but there's such a thing where there's a lot of judgment on the way you look and on your body.