I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.

Maybe you are already lost and just do not know it.

Probably... or maybe... one day!

Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable.

Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.

When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.

The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentists drill.

Both heaven and hell are within us.

I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize.