Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one's identity is totally different.

I was always the girl who wore the mismatching socks, frizzy hair, ponytail I wouldn't take out for a week, and cutoff jean shorts that were at my knees.

My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.

We look at a person and see the person we want to see. I've had to deal with that my whole life, walking in a room and girls thinking I'm going to steal their boyfriends!

I loved killing zombies in 'Day of the Dead.' I basically welcome anything that involves being dirty or bloody or shooting guns.

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.

I love being outdoors, playing beach tennis, going for runs in the sand, or doing a three-hour hike with my best girlfriend, Mieko.

I need a guy who's confident and is secure in himself, because we're always apart.

I knew I wanted to be an actress when I was 9 years old.

I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.

Extend your "best before" date by living a youthful life.

Lot of our life wasted by finding the reality, although we live in unstable nature and with a lot of illogical laws.

Our toil is sweet with thankfulness Our burden is our boon The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon.

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.

What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope?

It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.

I just loved the coolness of [Sean] Connery's Bond. He just sort of oozes cool.

Monopoly is the condition of every successful business.

We Californians are constantly accused of not having seasons, but we do. We have fire, flood, mud, and drought.

I'm glad folks think I look different, I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows.