The ocean is 20 minutes away. Nature surrounds me 24/7. I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. I also love that I can go out to dinner in jeans and flip-flops.

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.

Why should I forget the past experience? I can only let go of the pain.

I feel like Hollywood is a big high school again. Seriously, Ashton Kutcher is the prom king.

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

Nothing would make me happier than to train the next winner on 'The Biggest Loser' because it means the world to me. Everybody has a fighter inside them, they just don't realize it.

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

If you write well, you don't have to dress funny.

I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.

Messages about money are passed down from generation to generation, worn and chipped like the family dishes.

All that you really want in life is to change how you feel.