I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

I have always been interested in art but had no formal training or experience. It's always been just what I liked, my eye for art.

It's important to me to just experience as much as possible and to be able to just work and meet new people and have different experiences and have as much knowledge as I can.

I love scary movies, but I'd never really even seen The Vampire Diaries, up until I met [Kevin Williamson].

For me, being a girlboss is about being the boss of your own life. At 26 I still don't know what's happening in my life, but I'm asking, What will make me happy next?

I have a lot of girlfriends who are struggling out there to find good men.

I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.

Honestly, I love television. I love the idea of going to work every day and getting to know your crew and having a rapport with your directors and having a family of cast.

I think everyone has their own version of romance like and I think everyone has their own romantic side.

I love to continue acting. It's my passion.

Be assertive, but don't forget to look around. I realized there are other opinions that can be more useful to me than just sticking to my guns.

You trivialize time when you don’t know what to do with it.

Walk and learn from the people that inspire you to do great things

There's an undeniable healing power in telling the truth to someone who validates you by simply listening . . . honor washes away the stench of shame.

What you don’t know fills the infinite universe. What you do know only fills your mind.

Yay!' he said. 'Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!

I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.

Link Wray and Gene Vincent.... two of the greatest unknowns of rock 'n' roll.

Fools are wise until they speak.

My Poor Dad Often Said, 'I'd Rather Be Happy Than Rich.' My Rich Dad Said, 'Why Not Be Both?'

I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.