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.

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.

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.

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.

God does not exist everywhere. Not in the temple, not in the mosque, not in the church and not everywhere. GOD was just there in your heart, in your mind.

I don’t know what it is but every time I see you I feel such a strong urge, to be near you, to protect you, to hold you in my arms and never let you go.” Luke Nero - The Witchlings-Midnight curse

The heart is never neutral.

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.