A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.

I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing, and seeing how far I can go.

It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

You could be laughing one day about the same issues that you're crying about the next day, so that's life.

Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.

I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.

I like to be scared. I don't like feeling like "Oh, this is going to be a walk in the park". If I ever get to that place, I'll just stop acting.

Your current life is the result of your previous choices, if you want something different, begin to choose differently.

Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

Legal behavior is not incompatible with rational, self-interested behavior.

Sometimes you wonder why the only luck we have is bad luck. But you move on.

...morning is the soul's night.

Everybody marches to a different drummer.

My confidence in the future of literature consists in the knowledge that there are things that only literature can give us, by means specific to it.

I have brothers and was a tomboy, if that's still a designation. It wasn't a stretch for me to think and write as a 13-year-old boy - it is freeing.

Fashion is just something money can buy. People who are stylish are free and have no fear in staying true to themselves. Plus, style is infinitely more interesting.

Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.