I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

It's scientifically proven that chocolate improves your mood. There is something in it that can make you happier and I stand by that theory. Milk chocolate. It's so good!

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.

I'm worried about everything at all times.

Whenever I look at a baby or children in general, I smile and just want to play with them.

Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was so fun!

It's a challenge getting rid of your accent.

I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don't even want to know what I sounded like back then!

I become obsessed with one thing or one look, a Bohemian look for instance, and then I wear that for a while.

It was so hard to watch myself back because whatever movie I do, I never look at the monitor. I hate looking at the monitor.

To me, natural, healthy looking skin is really beautiful. With a little concealer, eyeshadow, liner, gloss and bronzer, I love my lighter makeup look. I've saved so much money on facials!

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time.

Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.

Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and me!

He is not always at ease who laughs.

People have to know that there are options available to us today. There is another way, and it is practical and applicable now.

I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non.

In my experience, 'let's think about it' usually ends up as me watching Solid Gold in my basement on prom night.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.