I mean, God, I'm so lucky right now with the opportunities that I've had. There's nothing to worry about

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14

There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.

My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.

For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.

I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

I like to take a character and develop it

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine

But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect

It is never over until you are greatly rewarded for all your blood, sweat and tears.

The greatest risk is not taking any.

The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

The 'mecca of college basketball is in Storrs, Connecticut.

I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the ballgame, ever.

One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

A woman who'd lost her first son consoled us with an angel gone ahead to pray for our family-- gone into that sky seeking oxygen, gone into autopsy

I started playing guitar kind of by accident.

If you don't like me, there must be something wrong with you.