Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn't normally try.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize.

I did an action series back in '97, and did very intense training weapons, knives, hand-to-hand combat. The more an actor trains in that way, the more we can do on screen and the better it looks. Nowadays, they want the actors to do as much as possible and stunt doubles are primarily used for the dangerous things that aren't covered by insurance.