If I wasn't an actress I'd definitely want to do something in the arts and something that was very creative.

Finally, be kind to yourself and have a good support system.

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

Be kind to yourself and to others. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. I was told that every day of my childhood.

I feel most alive when I'm surrounded by family and friends, and when I am working.

I'm inspired by it all - the good and the not so good - because every experience is an opportunity for me to learn, grow, and become the best version of myself.

I've done a lot of bad TV and bad movies. I've also done some really great things.

Everybody remembers what it's like to be in high school. We really never leave those years behind.

Going for a walk is always helpful for me. I also love gratitude exercises.

Meditation has really helped with keeping my center.

Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

When people (talk trash) about you, you have to keep it moving, keep the records hot and keep your head up.

I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.

If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do what you want.

You can't do nothing but try if you still got it in your heart.

Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.

It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by.