I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.

I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.

I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There's nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.

I love all things Christmas.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.

When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.

To meditate with full effort, produces infinity, freedom.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

Agnes Martin is a big influence in my work actually, when I first saw her, these fine grids.

I don't see why any president has to talk about his belief in God.

Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.