My mother's side is Italian; my father's side is Jewish. We're the kind of family where every Sunday night we have dinner with all 19 of my cousins.

A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.

I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.

Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.

But people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.

You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.

If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able to take me to every audition and be so supportive of my career.

Confidence is what makes you stand out.

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

I am the scourge of God

I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot.

I think many of us live in a rut. Stuck in a groove we can't get out of, whether it's our job, family drama or the little frustrations of everyday life.

We can trust God's heart even when we can't trace His path.

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

All that matters is when you show your fans love it's like you're one of them.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.

We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up.