My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before 'Seabiscuit.' But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.

When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

People ask me how I stay thin, and I'm like, 'When you go to the grocery store, buy more bananas than cookies.'

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

I'm always reaching to find something that will challenge me and make me do my best.

I think people respond to me as a down-to-Earth, girl-next-door person, because I am one of those people. That's something I don't have to act very hard at.

My number one advice to high school girls is birth control. You want to keep all your options open for as long as possible? Birth control.

It's really hard to stay healthy over the long term of making a movie so that's why those things matter when you're trying to keep your health, literally.

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

It is neither cowardice nor betrayal to insist that the Enlightenment's main lesson is to be mindful of how much it has left its inheritors to figure out.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

You can't be invisible being Asian. You can't say "Hi, I'm white!"

Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

My advice to Sarah Palin is, you've got a hot bod; don't keep it to yourself. Why wear a pantsuit when you can wear a swimsuit?

Poetry depends on being simultaneously opaque and transparent. It can't be only one or the other. The pebble and the pool.

Whether you are launching a start-up or leading an established company, you should start establishing your social media presence if you haven’t already.

Tis looking downward makes one dizzy.