I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.

I use SPF every day, then apply foundation, mascara, eyeliner and blusher. I always take my make-up off at night and moisturize.

The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.

I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.

I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside.

I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.

Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.

Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say.

I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

It is the way one treats his inferiors more than the way he treats his equals which reveals one’s real character.

Every day is a gift -- start unwrapping them.

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them.

The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

I like to look like a tomboy during the day and then a pin-up girl at night.

That which holds our attention determines our action.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

I would play music every day from the time I was about 4 or 5 years old. Every time I would go from one end of the house to the other, I would pass the piano and play a few notes.