It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.

A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times.

Everything is an experience. You learn something different from everything you do.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor!

I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.

I like that New York sensibility where you can be edgy, but still super-glamorous.

As a Christian, I think it’s really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

When you're connected to the ocean, you really don't think about what's going on with your email or texts or any of that. You're just a lot more liberated.

The problem with the church is the church

Bless you with the curse to remain busy always.

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.

We cannot rely on our native tongue if our spouse does not understand it. If we want them to feel the love we are trying to communicate, we must express it in his or her primary love language.

All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens.

People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree.

In dogmatics our question is: What are we to think and say?

I lay down so hard, I got bed rash