I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.

Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.

They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.

When I'm not working, I'm definitely a no-makeup girl. The most I ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush.

Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.

I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all good.

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.

My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.

I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

Outside the hospital, I squinted in the harsh morning sunlight. I could hear birds chirping in the tree, but even though I searched for them, they remained hidden from me.

Gratitude is not something idyllic that comes when all good things line up to be counted. Gratitude is there all the time waiting to be focused on.

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic.

Its hard to pretend to love someone when you don't but its harder to pretend that you don't love someone when you really do..

The only time you ever really lose love is when you choose to let it go.

I'm glad it was me and not you, Mr. President.

There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.

Experience in itself wasn’t enough. The diary was my defense against waking up at the end of my life and realizing I’d missed it.