God has always been the head of my life, even before I knew it.

It's so hard to fight against someone who is stuck in what they believe whether you agree with it or not.

After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

Know your history. It can teach you who you are, where you have come from, and how to be a better person as a result.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

I am a woman who stands up for what she believes.

I like what looks good on me and, as a result, I don't find myself drawn to one specific designer all the time.

My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.

The achievement of the goal is only a stepping-stone to the next, bigger and better goal. It never stops.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

God draws straight with crooked lines.

I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

It doesn't matter what you do because it's going to happen anyway.

Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.

If you tell a novelist, 'Life's not like that', he has to do something about it. The poet simply replies, 'No, but I am.'

Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.

I don't think there is a particular responsibility on designers that is not on other professions... I think there's a responsibility for all of us to engage on all levels.

People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.