Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

Awareness is empowering.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

You've got to want to be married to the person you're married to.

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek.

I do think you have to scare yourself. That's where your creativity or your growth comes from. Scaring yourself, challenging yourself, taking those risks, and not caring about what anyone thinks.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.

I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most secret thing that you don't really want to let the world in on.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

Your life is always paying close attention to your thoughts. I hope the words in your mind are consistently in your favor.

Without discipline there's no life at all.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.

My liberal friends are such a bunch soft-headed, politically correct jerks.

Here is the start, there is the finish line. Between that, you have to run.

There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children.

You never know what's going to happen with television these days.