In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

When you've been blessed, you have to share your gifts, and you also have to help others give their gifts away.

I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together.

I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy.

I'm pretty happy with the two cities I call home now - Glasgow and New York. But I'd like to give Paris a shot.

Being a part of the 'Twilight' phenomenon was life-changing; there is a whole other world of 'Twilight' fandom!

Don't let other people's conversations about what you're doing or you've done be part of your own conversation.

I just really am trying, trying, all the time. But I like to be scared. I love to suddenly feel out of control.

There are always a lot of leading questions and opinions. Of course, our work is creative, and it's subjective.

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.

The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.

To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your life.

I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.

Well, the clothes are really cool that we wear. The sets are so funny, because it's like everything is so real.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

I've never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they're capable of anything.

Sarfati. That's my real last name. I don't use it a lot because I got 'Lea So-fatty,' 'Lea So-farty' at school.

I worked consistently on Broadway from when I was 8 years old through 'Spring Awakening,' which I left in 2008.

I could never be lonely without a husband, but without my trinkets, my golden gods, I could find abysmal gloom.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.

Being a part of the theater community has been important to me from the time I was a child, through my parents.

In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

'Out There' has more of a 'Freaks And Geeks' feel to it, while 'Gravity Falls' has more of a 'Scooby Doo' feel.

I never rebelled against my parents - I worked hard, I was responsible, and I didn't go to high-school parties.

All I can say is the most important part of being in a relationships that you love the person for who they are.

I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.

Playing Lissa was the most thrilling, terrifying, uplifting, fulfilling, surprising, and experience of my life.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.

Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman - her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.

Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends - well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.

I think Cate Blanchett is fabulous - she just shines in everything she does - and I'm a big Susan Sarandon fan.

My hair is naturally blond and thin, so I like to give it some texture. Sexy, dirty bedhead is good for blonds.

It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.

Now I know that lawyers must live, but I've never been able to understand why they have to live so blamed well!

I've never done a musical before. I've sung, off and on, all of my life. But I have never, ever done a musical.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside".

We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.

I'm a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it's healthy. I've never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.

I can't wait to use a BabyBjoern. I'm in love with the Orbit Baby stroller, and I also really like the Bugaboo.

I know many people have said it before, but there is nothing a cup of coffee and a new pair of shoes can't fix!

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

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