I love music. I love going out dancing.

You don’t have to be perfect to be pretty.

I was into Barbie and designer jeans.

I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

Boxers are hot, and by boxers I mean guys who box, not the underwear. So get rid of 'em!

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.

A good book should make you laugh, cry or pee your pants. The best do all three!

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something…that you cared about a great deal.

Motivation triggers luck.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

I'm not sure what it is that I want, but I feel it deep in the pit of my stomach. It's there sitting dormant. I'll know it when I see it.

I'm never a believer in going back in anything. You move forward, so that's my whole mentality, you make moves to go forward not back.

Might have gone further and have fared worse.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person.

The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.