A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

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.

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 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.

The great mercy of God's grace is forgiveness for all sins.

It seems improbable, unless one knows how obstinately, purposefully and unerringly any stricken animal will find its way to the same place where in the past it has endured suffering and recovered.

Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it.

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.

I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.

I think girls in general need to be more complimentary... It just makes people feel better.

Psychics can never be 100 percent. I think that would be scary to be 100 percent.