I like pretty conservative guys, good guys. I always look for the qualities I find in my father.

Sometimes when I get home after a long day, I'll turn on music - I love Latin, disco, and pop - and do my own workout, even if it's a short one. Know a good song to work out to? 'I Will Survive.

Just because no one has been fortunate enough to realize how wonderful you are, doesnt mean you shine any less.

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting feedback from the actor and hearing their voice and how they play things.

Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool.

I've done other things, but it always seems like my sci-fi projects have been what people respond to the most, because those fans are extraordinary, so passionate.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.

Friendship requires truth, and there is no truth in her.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.

Al Qaeda has declared war on the Somali pirates. That is awesome! Evil against evil. Like Alien versus Predator or Cheney versus his lawyer.

You cannot be a Christian without being a mystic

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

Wyatt [ Walker] doesn't say that as much as Whitney Young does.

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.