My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

I believe we all share a responsibility to build a healthier, more just and prosperous world.

I do think it's possible to change for the better.

I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.

I've never been engaged. I definitely believe in the institution of marriage.

I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.

I'm slightly controlling. I'm an Aries and I like things to have an order. I get slightly disturbed and I get slightly distressed and flustered if things go awry.

Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.

European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat.

Our stars are not where we last admired them. Our homes crumble and we don't know which place to long for.

What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

Muscles come and go; flab lasts.

Make choices-not excuses.

Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations.

Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.