Maybe I’m old, but to me, ‘going out’ means going out to dinner. It’s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.

Self Mastery is the ability to maneuver through life without the mind or emotional attachment. It is being a mindfully present observer instead of the mind identified perceiver.

I had an all right high school, even though I hated school. I wasn't massively popular, but I was okay. But I wouldn't want to do it again.

The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy.

I'm not entirely sure what my end goal is, but I'd love to get involved in city politics and broadcast TV.

We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation.

It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y

The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.