I became involved in Cherish because the director and I are represented by the same agency. There was an offer out to a very well known actress and I simply fell in love with the character. I live in Manhattan and Finn was only meeting actresses in LA, so we had a phone meeting. I've done a few big budget action films and had been searching desperately for a character driven piece. I had my mind set on Cherish to be that film. I cannot express how rare it is for a female role to have the character range and arc that Zoe has in Cherish. When the odd role is written that has so much range it is immediately snatched up by the Julia Roberts or Renée Zellwegers of the business. Luckily for me the budget for the entire film was far less than either of them get paid. I loved the fact that Zoe's transition came from her internally. In most popular films we meet the quirky lonely woman and a man arrives who finds her eccentricities charming. Zoe's completely responsible for her transformation and I think that's important for women to see.

I suppose I like the scene most where Tim Blake Nelson's character is attempting to get me to sit down while I roller skate in circles around him. It was completely improv'd. I guess I like it so much because it ended up making sense and while we were doing it I thought perhaps we were wasting film. It's always nice to be surprised.

I find working on independent film to be a far more collaborative process than working within the studio system. This is simply due to one factor only and that is money. When a company is spending a lot of money on a film there are a lot of people who have their hands in the creative process, simply to try and guarantee they recoup their money. This results in two things, one is dialogue and scene changes have to pass through a committee which prohibits the creative impulses one may have in the moment, and the other is the story has to be accessible to a huge audience. I love independent film because nothing has to be sophomoric or overly accessible. You can assume the audience is thinking while watching and there aren't patronizing assumptions about the IQ of those watching.

I like all kinds of music, with a few exceptions, from many different decades. Ironically, I used to go to an eighties party every Thursday night in NYC called Beavher. The music was an exact replica of the Cherish soundtrack. I loved goofing around and dancing to all the songs, I still do. My friends are all flipping over the soundtrack.

I mentioned my search for a character driven film earlier in this Q and A. I suppose the reason why Finn might have cast me was that he called around and found out there basically wasn't anything stunt-wise that I'd refuse to do. I'm a very physically active person and frankly enjoy a challenge. I think it's easy to act while sprinting or climbing because you simply do the physical act and you're completely in character and nothing distracts you. I love it. There was a day that I spend running at a full clip throughout the streets of San Francisco. The people on the streets weren't aware that there was a film shoot; they just thought there was this girl running as fast as she could from something or for something. I love watching those scenes because the extras are not acting, they're truly reacting. The crew and I would all go out together after long days for beers. You have to remember, no matter how hard I worked, they had to work twice as hard. I became particularly close with everybody behind the scenes. I have so many fond memories of laughing with these people. San Francisco crew rock so hard.

I have an obsession with clothing. I absolutely love wearing amazing things. I love Built By Wendy and Rebecca Taylor. They're both so unique. I suppose I find them the most exciting because they don't just copy the vibe that everyone else is doing for the season. They're both young and original.