I actually don't trust anyone who tells me they don't like New York.

I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really.

I believe you have to make things happen.

I think it's too bad when teenagers become conformist in terms of fashion,because it's the ideal time to go off into your own crazy thing without looking completely idiotic.

I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best.

You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn't easy - because when you're young, you really want to belong.

In Los Angeles, you feel like everything revolves around the movies. In Paris, you still have other things to do.

I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.

I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.

I realised that since I was a child I wanted to be an actress just to dress up in big fabrics and corsets and have adventures riding horses with lots of blood and action!

To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them.

Speaking one’s mind once is more honorable than quoting a thousand men.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

You learn from mistakes.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.

You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.

I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy.

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work