I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

You can never stop discovering music.

I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

It's really difficult to pretend that you are happy when you actually are not in a state to face someone!!

I like the sound of 'claps of no sound..

Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words...

Gardening is the best therapy in the world.

Honestly, my number-one motivation is my family.

When shooting a story about someone, their hands should always be on your list to shoot.

No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.

I tell people, 'I have a Ph.D. from Google University.

You can have talent and strength, but the most important is determination.