I grew up in a big movie house, we watched movies all the time, so I had an awareness at a very young age that that was a job that you could have.

I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

The only way to love God is by loving His people

There is a difference between working hard to create a life that truly serves you and working hard to create a life that you’ve been told you should want.

Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them

It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.

She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them.

Good writing comes from good talent.

Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.

As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance.

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'