Quotes

I don't read the script a zillion times, I don't like to analyze things and my mind can go there very easily.

I think they should take everyone who works for The National Enquirer and The Star, and everyone who works for Us Weekly, and put them all to work looking for terrorists. I think they would find the terrorists. All of them. It would be genius!

I have always seen myself as one of those 'show people'. My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

Home is where my mom is.

I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes.

I'm a creative person. I have always chosen people who are entertaining themselves.

I ask a lot because I'm very curious - especially about ex-girlfriends. I'm pretty good at getting the answers, too.

I'm not someone who has generally kept the same hair color. I like to be able to change it. You know, if you can't change your surroundings, change your hair color.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.

I would love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like.

I find this life so interesting.

I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening.

I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?

I consider myself a character actor.

Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.

The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.

I'm an actor. It's my job.

God forgot to give me the jealous bone.

Everyone has a devil and angel on their shoulder, tempting them to do something.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but I'm very curious. I always ask tons and tons of questions.

As the years pass, the more life reaffirms to me that being a strong woman is the right choice.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

I have always wanted to be really tall for a day. That's kind of a superficial thing. I'm 5'3, but for one day I would love to be 5'9 and tower over everybody.

I'm tardy sometimes. I would like to be more orderly and timely.

I'm really happy with what I'm doing with my life.

I'm not a wealth of knowledge. I have had four and a half boyfriends in my life and I have gone on two dates.

I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith.

I would like to be very, very, very, very old. With all the technology we are inventing and what they are coming up with scientifically, people are having longer lifetimes.

I think anybody would be lying if they say they didn't try to control something at some point or another.

I just love gaining wisdom, any bit where I can get it. Unfortunately, it takes most of the time.

I don't talk about relationships in print any more. That's one great thing I have learned.

Have a sense of humor about life.

Individuality is vitally important. When people start to lose their individuality, they start to lose themselves.

If I was ever to pursue singing professionally, it would be on my own terms with no creative compromise.

I have noticed there are alter egos within what I have been writing, so I don't know if it's life affecting art or art affecting life.

I have never had to gain weight for a role. Everybody says that's a difficult thing to do, to gain and then lose. But I have never had to go through that.

I have been trained in dancing and I used to be quite good, though I am a bit rusty right now. But I could probably brush up in a couple of months.

Some secrets should remain secrets, but I'm not sure I can think of myself that way.

Singing is such a joy. I was never formally trained in acting or singing. I have been singing since I was born.

Once you are working, you get in the dirt of things. You get your feet dirty - that's part of the job, so no dirt makeup under the nails. It's real.

My sense of history is not very good.

It's good to play all types of personalities. Embracing individuality is one of the greatest things you can do.

I am a serial monogamist so it's hard for me to get a date as it is. One thing I did learn from my last relationship is not to speak about relationships any more.

When I was younger, I had a mature-sounding voice, and the things the music companies wanted me to do were not what I wanted to do.

When I was 14 I could have veered off in two different directions and done one or the other, acting or music. I chose acting and continued writing and doing music for myself.

Voice work still requires a strong sense of character.

The most joy that I could possibly get in life is being around my eight nieces and nephews and my family.

I love Clara Bow. She was the original "It girl". The phrase was coined for her. It was the 1920s, when any form of naturalistic acting wasn't seen on screen before. She really cinematically changed things by showing natural emotions within that heightened reality. She was also a sex symbol at the same time. I love Giulietta Masina, who did a lot of Fellini films. She's brilliant. And Meryl Streep. And Barbra Streisand. I respect multi-taskers so much. Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.