My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.

I need to travel - I crave the power of the ocean and the trees give me so much energy to think.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

I was a barefoot earth child for a couple of years.

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that.

Mom worked with autistic children.

I’ve always been quiet, more of an observer.

Change, of course, is growth, and anything that is not growing is either paralysed or it's not alive, because that's life; we always change and we grow.

You can't give if your cup of inspiration isn't full.

I'm a fatalist. I believe things happen for a reason, that you attract people and situations that are meant to fulfil your path.

You told me how much you hate me when yesterday you told me how much you love me, what happen?

Clear your mind of "can't."

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

To feel controlled is to lose interest.

I think I probably think about myself as an actor, which is the way most people do. I think I'm good, I don't think I'm great. I think I would hire somebody else to play me in the movie about me.

Why do all Republicans need Lego hair?

We can thrive and bloom if we are rooted in our love of the Savior.

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

that which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.

The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a song.