As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.

When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

People ask me how I stay thin, and I'm like, 'When you go to the grocery store, buy more bananas than cookies.'

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

I'm always reaching to find something that will challenge me and make me do my best.

I think people respond to me as a down-to-Earth, girl-next-door person, because I am one of those people. That's something I don't have to act very hard at.

My number one advice to high school girls is birth control. You want to keep all your options open for as long as possible? Birth control.

It's really hard to stay healthy over the long term of making a movie so that's why those things matter when you're trying to keep your health, literally.

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

There’s no such thing as ugly.

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.

Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.

We cannot unthink unless we are insane.

But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.

I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew to enjoy it because I did it so long.

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach.

I feel that I'm very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.

The prison is the state writ small.

I wear a lot of different things, personally. I don't have favorites.