As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.

I have a gajillion headbands - yellows, pinks, reds, blues. I'm obsessed.

I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour.

I'm good in the kitchen. I can cook seafood, collard greens, black-eyed peas.

In case of emergency, do whatever your best friends tell you to do!

I'm an adventurer. I believe in being bold and brave - and taking risks. Even if I'm afraid of something, I'll still have a go at it.

If every young person pursued their greatest passion and then said, 'What part of this can be applied to social good?' You don't have to choose between being successful and being a philanthropist.

I really understand the idea of pride and honour. I have that in my family, so I understand it completely.

Do your own thing; always follow your dreams and don't feel limited by what someone prescribes to you as to what you should do. Expand your horizons, try new things, be adventurous.

When I get recognized, every time feels like the first time.

I play so young because of my looks.

People wish for good dreams I wish people don't dream of me.

The sooner you master your mind, the sooner you master yourself.

The Prussian monarchy is not a country which has an army, but an army which has a country in which – as it were – it is just stationed.

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami but salami is salami.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.

I really enjoyed playing that Blind stuff because it's a little more mathy and metal and as far as drumming goes, it's a bit more fun.

Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren't real, or if I was.

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.