I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.

I wanted to show that women are empowered and strong, and don't have to be saved by some male hero, but they can take care of themselves using their intelligence and their power.

In real life I'm the type of girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. I'm very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself.

I just keep active - everything thats challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.

I'm a goofy girl. I like to laugh and I like to make other people laugh.

I'm a person who loves people. It's all about the vibe of the environment I'm working in.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. Thats good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.

I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.

I always tell myself that it is very, very important for me to be a good role model for Alma, my daughter.

I'm very open to all different genres because I'm a very open-minded girl.

The amount of time spent doing something is what adds value to it

There are always exquisite things and times to remind us of the original source of all beauty and love.

On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to reemerge on corners and prison tiers.

Stylists aren't for me. I tried to use one when I first started working in the US, but I didn't click with anyone.

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.

Books do actually consume air and exhale perfumes.

You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.

That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. Anyone who looks at my works must be able to sense that.

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.