It is a challenge to create a character who always smiles and whose saccharine lines must be delivered in such a way as to be perceived as evil.

I hope I can bring the realization that everyone is controlled by fear. Whether it is imagined or actual, the fear is real to them and controls every aspect of their lives.

I want the audience to decide for themselves who the winner is. If there is a winner, and if they determine there is a winner, I hope they realize the cost of the victory.

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

This character is out there, ... [She's] completely off a little bit, so it was a challenge.

Just as Nomi, my character in 'Showgirls,' gets turned on by things that challenge her or obstacles or other hurdles to overcome, those are things that I welcome and I love that,