I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

Everyone messes up in relationships and has peaks and valleys in their personal lives. When I realized it wasn't the end of the world and I would keep on standing, I knew it was going to be OK.

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

When something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

It's the best feeling when you wake up and it's warm and cozy, and you don't have to go to work.

I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.

I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

I think of Gisele Bundchen to get myself on the treadmill

We like it to be realistic but not real, but I wear something I call the 'vag pad,' it's kind of a little triangular panty liner that you stick to you.

I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.

Be gentle, confident and action-oriented. Remember, your actions will make a difference.

It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.

Waddya want me to do? through my sling shot at him?

Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems

All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns.

One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.

Poverty is not deprivation, it is isolation.

Without the doing, the dreaming is useless.

I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.