It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that.

Never let anyone try and make you into something that you're not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.

I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.

I like to have sleepovers.

What's my favourite food? One you order out.

A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I want to do wardrobe. I want to do hair. I want to do makeup. I want to do writing. I want to do directing. I want to do all of it. I like it. And I want to do producing.

I've never had a treehouse because I live in New York City. It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment.

I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.

Again he thought of his own losses, and he wondered why it was that the things a person had lost— or might lose— defined him more than the things he yet possessed.

Oliver Cromwell banned kissing on Sundays---even for married couples---on pain of a prison sentence.

Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

Personally, I do not support the concept of suicide bombings. This is not part of our [syrian] culture. But whether you condemn them or not, suicide bombings are a reality.

Love is a form of prejudice. I have too many other prejudices.

The stillness of God is perfect. Nothing has to be added to it. Nothing can be taken away.

Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent.

He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive.