On getting ‘Cloverfield’:
“I auditioned for it on tape with the casting director and I didn’t hear anything for about six weeks. I put myself on tape and sent it in again and didn’t hear anything for another 3 or 4 weeks, and I think they had overlooked my tape and I have no idea, but finally I got a call saying that JJ and Matt really wanted to see me, and they flew me down to L.A. I read with Mike Vogel, who plays my boyfriend, for about a good hour (and) then they told me right in the room that I got the role.”

On ‘CSI’:
“It’s amazing. It was really fun to shoot. I was really intimidated when I got to set but Jorja (Fox) is so nice and took me under her wing and showed me the ropes. That show’s been on for eight years, so it’s a well-oiled machine I feel really lucky that I got that job and I don’t know what’s happening now because of the strike as far as the continuation of the role, but I would go back to the show in a heartbeat. I had a really good time on it.”

On her dream role:
“Something in the musical realm. I’d love to do either a musical made into a movie or a straight musical on Broadway.”