Be kind to yourself and to others. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. I was told that every day of my childhood.

Finally, be kind to yourself and have a good support system.

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

I feel most alive when I'm surrounded by family and friends, and when I am working.

I'm inspired by it all - the good and the not so good - because every experience is an opportunity for me to learn, grow, and become the best version of myself.

I've done a lot of bad TV and bad movies. I've also done some really great things.

Everybody remembers what it's like to be in high school. We really never leave those years behind.

Going for a walk is always helpful for me. I also love gratitude exercises.

Meditation has really helped with keeping my center.

No matter what, I find that surrendering is essential.

War cannot be used as a means to prevent or abolish wars. ... The idea of a war to prevent war is one of its oldest, and cruelest, tricks.

It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with the treasures of Indian literature that a land so rich in intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of thought.

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.

I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

The true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating crow.

Oh my God, I'm not anorexic. I acknowledge that I look thin in photos. I get it.

Fiction—and poetry and drama— cleanse the doors of perception.

When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me - what it felt like to grow up in a world of pain.