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.

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.

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

I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology.

When you lose your parents as a child, you are indoctrinated into a club, you re taken into life's severest confidence. You are undeceived.

Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.

I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

- I hate to break this to you, Cameron, but you are only human. - Shh... I've been trying to keep that under wraps for years.

You can't judge the many by the actions of the few.

Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale.

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

Two things are owed to truthfulness: lasting marriages and short friendships.