Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

Awareness is empowering.

You've got to want to be married to the person you're married to.

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

I do think you have to scare yourself. That's where your creativity or your growth comes from. Scaring yourself, challenging yourself, taking those risks, and not caring about what anyone thinks.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.

I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most secret thing that you don't really want to let the world in on.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

Love is where leadership begins.

We are the authors of our destinies. No one can see the vision any clearer, believe in and work any harder to make it a reality more than the visionary.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters

The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.

If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.

Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.