I think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that

I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach

I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on.

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it

My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.

My advice is to make acting your second career choice

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next

A Dream is a seed.Vision plants it.Imagination nurtures growth.Opportunities create blooms.Reflection becomes Reality!

Love is only available to those willing to be continually brave in weakness.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years.

I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.

It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life.

My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.