People always think I’m dainty when they meet me, but I’m really not. I’m very German – we’re not made out of sugar.

I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world.

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don’t know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It’s such a hard job to have. I don’t have any regrets about it.

I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.

What you wear is such an expression of who you are. That's like someone picking out who I'm going to date!

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

A good poem has rhyming but no ending, it continues to rhyme in our heart.

Sure, I had been accused of murder by my family and was wrapped up in a bizarre investigation, but there were such cute boys involved. Hey, I try to look on the bright side.

Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism.

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear.

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.

You can turn just about any simple act into a practice of mindfulness, and it will nurture and nourish you; it will start your day off in a positive way.

At least I hope - that the fiction I've written so far has flaws but has mostly been successful.

Eloquence invites us to bring some part of ourselves to the transaction.