I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

I love the idea of renaissance. If my career is like painting a canvas, I want to have as many different colors in there as I can.

I still am very afraid to Google myself. There are some embarrassing roaming photos that I wish weren't on Google. But I intend to not Google myself.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

I think I always wanted to have adventures in my life. I was always kind of a rambunctious kid.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth, --The sweeping up the heart, And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil eternity

Finding out how the rest of the world lives is a normal part of rumschpringe. I didn't think it was up to my father-or my bishop-to squash that kind of curiosity.

Question: Why does life have to feel like such a struggle at times? Answer: Because without the struggle, the triumphs wouldn't taste as sweet.

You know why they say that, that models are too skinny? Because parents are horrible, they can't tell their sixteen year old daughter she's not really a princess, well guess what, I can.

One of the reasons people perish without a vision is that they cannot endure the pain and cost required to achieve any worthwhile purpose.

I've always thought that we have to bring our spirituality into our everyday life such as even brushing our teeth with God.

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

Life is a journey. How we travel is really up to us. We can just flow with the tide or follow our own dreams.

If you were not full of self-pity you would soon observe that we ourselves are to blame for all this evil, because we refuse to understand that it is in reality a good thing.

There is something beautiful and permanent in the world, and that is the love that a person can have for another human being.