I've always felt that kids are really smart.

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

If you're not falling, you're not training hard enough.

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love

Four months filming in a foreign country. You know, it is great because you get to learn all about different cultures. I feel so much more enriched.

The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous.

I chose to wait to get my drivers license. Since I was working and I didn't have time, I got it like a week before my 18th birthday.

Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I have heard stories about people who are just plain rude to the press or fans.

Believe in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, you can't accomplish your goals. Know that you can do anything and anything will happen.

I was always wanting to learn and be one of those actresses who can actually hold a conversation as opposed to standing there looking pretty.

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

Some of us think with our heads, others with our hearts. Though neither is good or bad, it seems that one solves problems while the other adds to them.

[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....

The scholar seeks the artist finds.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna or it can smooth the edges take away the insecurities let the nice things come out.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

We know too much and feel too little.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.