I want to be the coolest aunt in the entire world.

Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time.

I feel like a big thing is faith - to never lose my faith and to always stay true to who I am and to never be afraid to show who I am. I think the biggest thing is: Don't ever hide anything.

Things will come to you when the time is right and I say just go for it. If you love what you want to do, just keep on going.

You try to become the character that you're working with. So for me, I try to block out the cameras and try to trick my mind that this is actually happening.

Be prepared for negative responses sometimes. It doesn't have anything to do with you. It's just sometimes you're not the right look, or you're not really what they were envisioning.

I wake up to an email from the writers with the new script, and I always get so excited because I know it'll be better all-around than the script from the week before.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

You more than anyone else dederve to be loved and happy. Do not remain in any relationship that robs you of those two things.

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.

I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers.

The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.

To offer a man friendship when love is in his heart is like giving a loaf of bread to one who is dying of thirst.

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.

American public policy is run on a myth.