I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

It's okay to not be superwoman all the time.

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful.

Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground

I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.

Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears

Whatever you dream of doing one day, don't give up on that dream because you never know where it can take you.

Jesus Christ is my joy.

[T]hey had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies.

I’ve been so caught up with mapping out a picture-perfect “forever” that I’m completely neglecting my present, which I have far more control over anyway.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.

A lifestyle change begins with a vision and a single step.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training.

I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up in the world, even if - you know, in the characters that you're playing, even if you don't.

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.