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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.

Courage comes with action.

I'm in a world so wide. It makes me feel small sometimes.

I want to be acknowledged as not just a pretty idol who sings and dances on stage, but as an artist

These people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.

Love creates an "us" without destroying the "me".

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.

People don't take you seriously if you scream, if you raise your voice, especially when you're a 19-year-old girl.

I was never NOT confident about doing scenes without my shirt - and now I'll find any excuse to take my shirt off!