I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

Out of Box” is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective.

Life is as sad as a glass of grenadine.' ... It’s almost that. It is sad. But, at the same time, how a glass of grenadine sparkles!

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain.

If you're looking for a boyfriend, you aren't gonna find one. They seem to come into your life when you least expect it.

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.

The middle income families in America have been crushed over the last four years.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.