At school, I basically wear one pair of jeans and sneakers for months on end.

My dream car would be a Maserati. That would be amazing.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

I'd love to be a Bond girl. I mean, if you're going to be stereotyped, there are worse things to be stereotyped as.

I think the play on words for 'Punky' Brewster has definitely played itself out.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

I think escapism is really important.

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

I will not go on a blind date.

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

Also, when you think about a show that you used to watch as a kid or as a teenager, you look at it through sort of rose colored glasses when you remember it.

All talk is lies in a way. Only the doing of a thing can make it true.

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.

The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

Science is clearly one of the most profound methods that humans have yet devised for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning.

Understanding is the key to true knowledge

Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.

The richness of our lives depends on what we are willing to notice and what we are willing to believe.

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.

Once one pays some attention to something, then you begin to see evidence of it everywhere.