Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

My dream car would be a Maserati. That would be amazing.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

I'd love to be a Bond girl. I mean, if you're going to be stereotyped, there are worse things to be stereotyped as.

I think the play on words for 'Punky' Brewster has definitely played itself out.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

I think escapism is really important.

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

I will not go on a blind date.

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

Also, when you think about a show that you used to watch as a kid or as a teenager, you look at it through sort of rose colored glasses when you remember it.

Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

Every father and mother who struggle and earn honestly to nurture his children, is also soldier.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

Whatever kids are into, that might be their thing.

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

You know what my theory is? Accept me or go to hell.

Men!" I said. "You all a bunch of chauvinist morons" Stephanie Plum - Ten Big Ones

Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.