The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
“For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that's really nice. It's generally good.”
“With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.”