In the South, you don't say exactly what's going on or what's on your mind.

I've been acting since second grade, telling stories, making my parents laugh here and there, so I'm hoping my "thing" is acting. But I also make a really good bread pudding.

I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is to not hold back.

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.

I think everybody wants to be a rock star.

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

Sometimes you just can't hear yourself. Maybe ears are too close to the mouth.

It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.

You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life.

I think that the audience wants to see women being put into real situations where they can relate to them, rather than seeing some glamorous woman in a 'Bond' film.

I feel thankful to the faithful God.

It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.

'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.

The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another.

The most genius ideas are in the minds of children and lunatics. I describe myself as somewhere in between.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

They say that loving eyes can never see, but that's a fool's axiom. Sometimes, they see too much

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.