I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.

I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.

There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

Two farewell gifts, " Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.

Sometimes fate is what you make it, and I'm making my life with you.

In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power.

I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you can't recall it, forget it).

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.

I'm one of those people that think Thomas Edison and the light bulb changed the world more than Karl Marx ever did.