I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life. I'd rather be an honest friend than a phony lover.

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.

I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

I think the most attractive thing for me when I meet a guy is confidence and him being comfortable in his own skin. I like someone who doesn't need approval or validation.

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

No matter what you're doing, live it. Make an experience. Have fun. Relate to someone. Take them in. Learn.

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone.

The fact that we all have broken pasts is something that I'm very attracted to, along with being able to turn your life around and do good with it.

When two hearts believe, love makes things possible.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.

Just build things and find out if they work.

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer.

Serena Williams [ispires me]. The first time I met her, she was like, "We should hang out and go to dinner," and I'm like, "Uh, yeah! If you insist."

Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

Stick to your knitting (what you're good at), don't compromise, and don't suffer fools.