There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me.

I sing everywhere. I have a very patient husband. He says he doesn't mind. But we've only been married a year and a half!

On the scale of someone who's really laid-back about stuff and someone who worries a lot, I fall more towards the latter.

When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

I really wished I had done the backpacking-through-Europe thing when I was younger, but I was busy doing musical theater.

I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American.

I think a reason why actors get reputations for being crazy and neurotic is because your life task is constantly in flux.

I can't believe how some of the most unfortunate people in the world can be the happiest.It's just so enlightening to me.

We are so used to not having kids around [on Twilight] that we had to really make an effort to try and edit our language.

I want people to know that I'm a real person, and that I've been through normal situations, like crushes and heartbreaks.

When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from.

I'm too awkward to date, I think. I'm kind of all or nothing, you know? Either put a baby inside of me or leave me alone.

At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it's not something I feel in real life. I'm much more of a natural girl at home.

If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.

When what you do is play characters every day, all day, I wasn't really interested in playing a pop star on the weekends.

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

I have my own grown-up versions of temper tantrums, too. I have a hard time not getting hurt when my kids have meltdowns.

I like some pants; I just don't like jeans very much. Dresses are so much easier because I don't have to think very hard.

I'm honestly so grateful to have a job when I get a job, I'm always amazed - I just appreciate what I have when I get it.

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.

I have a girlfriend who talks like that all the time. Who constantly complain about their periods and plumbing and stuff.

You get to choose what monsters you want to slay. I'm sorry to say this again, but let's face it - the Force is with you.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!

I love so many cheeses. I like them hard and soft. I like cream cheese; I like cottage cheese... I'm a true Midwesterner.

I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

I don't want to live in a world where I just kind of play on my naïveté - well if I don't know it, then it doesn't exist.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

I love my Disney fans. A lot of the kids want to grow up and push away from that image, but I don't feel that way at all.

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.

I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but also encouraging.

Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care.

Chris had the unique and rare opportunity to be shown during his lifetime how many friends he has and how much they care.

This leaf here took forever to become that perfect leaf. We're that. We're work in progress. That's actually being alive.

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

We do the best we can in life, we take things one day at a time and sometimes we all just need a simple reminder of that.

We aren't robots. What makes us exceptional as humans, is that we have the capacity to feel as many emotions all at once.

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