I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.
Nudity is just about your body. It's easier to shut yourself off outside than reveal your inner thoughts.
If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.
I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call Gillian.
Smallville (2001) was my first love and it is always close to my heart.