I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life.

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.

My house has always been like everyone's house. You walk in, you're a part of the family, no matter who you are, what celebrity status you are, everyone is treated the same - with love from my mom.

I took the LSAT the day 'Jersey Shore' premiered, and after that I was too busy to go to law school.

I like to be dressy casual. I wear jeans and nice sneakers. I wear nice clothes, but not super dressed up. I don't wear too much jewelry. I keep it simple and maybe wear just a little chain.

I am fascinated by quantum physics.

My mother's my biggest supporter.

You need sucky things in life to make you stronger.

Partying isn't every aspect to my personality.

Anxiety is a natural thing humans have. You know, that's how we evolve. That's how we are, you know, we think things through. Sometimes my mind just thinks things through a lot.

Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.

A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go.

I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to eat is hard sometimes.

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.

Often, problems are knots with many strands, and looking at those strands can make a problem seem different.

If you wait till you're very sure, then you'll find yourself doing it, and when you do there'll be an ease.

Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later.

All branches of our government today are controlled by individuals who use their power to undermine liberty and enhance the welfare/warfare state-and frequently their own wealth and power.