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

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

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

The auto immune disease is like politics in an organization, attacking own cells thinking it's foreign!

Intentionality fuels the master's journey. Every master is a master of vision.

I get a kick out of cursing people for life on Sundays.

Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven developmental processes.

It doesn't matter if you want to be in the NFL or do something else. If you want something great, you won't get it sitting around.

Death knocks at your door, and before you can tell him to come in, he is in the house with you.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

What is the difference between Lomborg's view of humanity and Hitler's? ...If you were to accept Lomborg's way of thinking, then maybe what Hitler did was the right thing.

Most people don't do something seminal. I've done it twice: with my tent and my bed. Picasso did it with Cubism.