I graduated high school and I didn't have a skill set and I didn't want to go to college. I needed a job.

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.

That's always been my philosophy: I try to just be as straightforward as possible, and then I don't really have to question what I said or regret anything.

I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine.

The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way.

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.

A man who's powerful and strong yet is able to show tenderness and vulnerability, that's really sexy.

I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

The two of us were everything that we needed to be to one another as we sat behind those strings.

Work and you’ll get what you need, work harder and you’ll get what you want.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

I like how small you can be on TV.

Extraordinary imagination, especially in a witch world. Also friendship.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

I love my fans. They’re the most beautiful thing in the entire world for me. Every single thing I do is for them.

Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.