I never have celebrity crushes.

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.'

We write to strengthen our soul and the spirit of other souls.

I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

It is the simplest things in life that hold the most wonder; the color of the sea, the sand between your toes, the laughter of a child.

The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution.

The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.

most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.

I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.

Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.