Biel: "I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?"

Biel: "For a very long time, I wasn't thought of as anyone with any credibility in the film world. Everybody is tramping through the swamp every day in this business. 'I'm worth it, I'm credible - believe me, give me a shot!' That's the way I feel on a consistent basis."

Biel: "As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did."

Biel: "Being Sexiest Woman Alive definitely didn't just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought, 'This is going to be huge for me!' And it really wasn't at all."

Biel: "I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business."

Biel: "You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection."

Biel: "When I'm working and I eat healthily all week, then I give myself one day - usually Sunday - when I eat just what I want. You have to; otherwise, your mind goes a little nutso."

Biel: "I'm not a perfect person who doesn't mess up, eat bad, not work out - I do all those things. It's just for the most part, when I'm working, I don't feel like I have the choice. I have to bring my A-game."

Biel: "I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain."

Biel: "I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress."

Biel: “I just want an opportunity. If you don't like the audition, don't hire me! But if you don't want to even see me -- that's hurtful. And why? You know nothing about me!”

Biel: “Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards.”

Biel: "I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care."

Biel: “I was never one of those girls who dreamt of Prince Charming. To piss off my mom, I would say, 'I'm never having kids and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid with cute butlers and dogs.'”

Biel: "I've always been physical. I have no concept of what life is like without physical activity."

Biel: “My definition of sexy is not just using what you got from God, but also that you represent what you believe in. I don't want people to think I'm sexy for what I look like, I want them to find me sexy for who I am and what I do.”

Biel: "I definitely had dolls when I was a kid. I don't remember being very thorough with them and making sure they got fed in my make-believe world. A lot of Barbie haircuts were given, though. I had a Tamagotchi as well, but I think that thing died really quick. They were hard to do!"

Biel: "On the red carpet, I'm playing a character. As soon as I get off that thing, I think, 'Oof, wipe that gloss off.' I'm wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I'm immediately trying to get comfortable. It's really a part I play."

Biel: "I'd like to start writing scripts. I think I'd probably be inclined to write a very dark comedy or a tragic romance. As a kid, I used to write really dark stuff."

Biel: "I feel my knees changing - like, why do I have this pain when I'm running on the treadmill? What's going on with my lower back when I wake up in the morning? I just feel changes. And I'm definitely fearful in a very vain manner about my body ageing."

Biel: "At 10, I was intrigued by surgery, I wanted to be a surgeon for a long time. I love doctor shows and surgery shows. Blood is not an issue for me. I even took pictures once of me getting my blood taken."

Biel: "I had my bad-boy moment in my teens. I'll never do that again. It wasn't pleasant, and I learned my lesson. It was sexy and mysterious, and it's like, 'Look how cool they are,' but it's just not worth it. He was lying to me and accusing me of cheating - but then I realized he was the one cheating."

Biel: "For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea. Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life."

Biel: "My Barbies were usually naked. Once, I took their heads off, cut their hair, drew on their short, spiky hair with some markers, then stuck the heads on Christmas lights. Every year, we'd string our tree with those Barbie heads. It looked demonic. My parents were so cool - they saw it as a form of self-expression."

Biel: "I kind of go back and forth about marriage and kids. I feel like, if it's an organic way for me and the right time in my life, then, yeah."

Biel: “There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town. But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves.”

Biel: "Eating Paleo just leans you down and slims you up and takes that little layer of fat and water-weight right off your body."

Biel: "I love being someone I'm not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else's skin."

Biel: "It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal."

Biel: "I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

Biel: “I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come home.”

Biel: "I've never gotten to do romantic comedy like most of the girls. Maybe because I'm fit, people assume that I'm not funny?"

Biel: "Everyone has areas they're not comfortable with, and mine are my bum, thighs, and legs."