My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

I would fight every angel between us until God said, "Yes.

I've never gone into an interview in my life and said that we can't talk about something.

As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.

You see a lot of anger in the streets , demonstrations every night since the election [2016].

Wait, I kinda do love you.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

When you see the trees swaying to the tune of a gentle breeze... think of it as a dance in your honor.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports.