Quotes from Malin Akerman

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!

I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.

I'm gluten intolerant, so that automatically cuts carbs from my diet.

I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?'

It's a great beauty tip, if you ever want to look five years younger, to shave off your eyebrows. It's amazing what it does. It really shaves off the years.

Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out.

I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.

I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.

You've got to allow yourself the things you enjoy or you'll just be miserable.

I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.

I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.

I'd love for my son to go, 'Hey, Mom, I'd love to have a career that is stable.' I'd be so happy. But of course, whatever makes him happy is what he's going to do.

Unfortunately, I like to feel a little stubble when I kiss. Women are too soft.

Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs.

I love women like Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, who kind of go out on a limb and do their own thing. I find it very inspiring and it allows you to do what you want to do.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.

Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.

I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most.

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.

I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'

Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.

Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.