Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not like you at all.

ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.

I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.

When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.

I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

It's important to be a global citizen at the same time and appreciate different cultures and different people and different ways of life.

I do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.

I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

My job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.

I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

In the beginnings, God Mother separates the earth from the heavens.

I can’t imagine anything more life-giving, more comforting, or more fun than being curled up andsurrounded by a group of women who know you deeply, and love you relentlessly.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.

the French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift.

In Italy, for the same price as a typical British hamburger meal including sweet, a builder's labourer could eat like a king - rather better in fact, because pasta dishes gain from being kept simple.

In a free society, you get what you celebrate.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

Let my love like sunlight surround you and yet give you illumined freedom.