Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.

The musical stuff I'd go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.

I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.

I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

Artists need to express.

I don't see myself as a diva at all.

Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?

What does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself?

Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true.

Like Petrach's, my books know infinitely more than I do, and I'm grateful that they even tolerate my presence. At times I feel that I abuse the privilege.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I love martial arts movies and fight scenes. I'm pretty athletic, so I enjoy doing that stuff.

Only those young people can be accepted as healthy who refuse to be reconciled with the old order and foolishly or wisely struggle against it - such is the will of nature...

The fire of the diamond of true Identity is always there; it just needs the Master's crafting to reveal it.

Statism, which forces all of us within its orbit, is nothing but a political system of organized plunder, managed by every conceivable type of pressure group.

There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and thank the Lord for all the blessings he's put in my life.