Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

Love awakens spirit of being.

The virtues of your character is more important the public opinion.

There are many different forms of betrayal, but one hurts the most, Betraying Your Self.

If words could break souls, my words just broke his in two.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

You can't measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are all the same while every day is different and maybe every hour as well.

Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so.

I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.

It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.