Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control over."

Week-by-week you grow with your character and it's an interesting challenge.

I'm lucky; my parents have never said to me, "You're a kid, so you just don't know." They say, "How can we discuss the world and learn from these events together?"

I feel like there's no need to put on a heel that's too high. There's nothing cute about wobbling. There's nothing cute about not wanting to dance or walk somewhere because you're in pain.

I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But Im also very preppy naturally.

For me, personally, Im usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting.

I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am.

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new.

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album Life Is Good, and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.

I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so its really confusing.

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.

The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

The knowledge of self is the most important thing, because how are you going to know God if you don't know yourself? How are you going to know anything if you don't know yourself?

Clarity of vision - what you've been looking at from the wrong angle and not seen at all.

Performance should be made square with promise.

Make the metronome your friend, not your enemy.