I was not seduced by the celebrity side of acting. However, as a British girl watching a lot of American TV, I saw that there was a whole world of opportunity in the States that I wanted to discover.

Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.

I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to be an artist.

Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of.

The Hollywood culture is so invasive, and I definitely wanted to be near it eventually.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.

Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.

Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.

None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself

I cried because I was so beautiful.

The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

I'm going to play my game and be who I am. I don't think anyone puts more pressure on me than I do on myself.

I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title 'Music For People' and they're all true and they're all accurate.

there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.

I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.

The whole Disney thing is really interesting, in a way, how that's so permeated life and the world and the planet.