I don't like to be negative about math because it really teaches you a lot of great things. You kind of use math every day.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

When I started in film, I was living and working in Asia, and when we did films there, it was so fast. It was much like TV.

I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.

I follow Elle Fanning's career. I really like to follow actors who are a similar age to me. Just to see what they're up to.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

Years ago, I used to skip breakfast altogether, wrongly thinking that if I didn't eat it, I might lose weight or something.

I had a pretty rough childhood. I was raised for a few years by my single mom, until she married my stepdad a little later.

Most people who make movies are in real life a bitter disappointment. I, on the other hand, am so much better in real life.

My first movie was a movie that had a bunch of people dying in it - the typical popcorn movie. That's where I got my start.

I found my way into the indie world a bit late in my career, but it was something that I was really passionate about doing.

Modeling is a great beginning, but it's also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated.

This thing in society that you have to be a stick will always be in my mind, but that's just something I have to deal with.

The most empowering feminist act is for women to be taught about the ways babies bond and then decide what they want to do.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

The ultimate date for me would be with someone fantastic, fun and great - and we'd go to the Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson fight.

I like someone who has a super gentle spirit and energy. I’m really gentle, and so I like a boy who will treat me that way.

I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.

I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion.

One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.

I'm a big fan of the laceless Converse for travel, with cute jeans, and throw on a little jacket, and you look presentable.

Any time you get a role that's a young person, that resembles what it's like to be a teenager, I always kind of jump at it.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?

Rudeness is what gets to me [when someone being rude to me in a supermarket]. Yeah. That one does get to me, I have to say.

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump towards it, for sure.

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations.

When you're in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality, then it doubles the attention from the media.

"Well, we knew it. Women can't sell movies". That's what it used to be like. "Well, this movie did well, but it's a fluke."

So many people say, "I'm a good person!" Like, why are you a good person? To be a good person you have to actively be good.

If you don't like my songs, don't hear it. If you don't like my music videos, don't watch it. If you hate me, I don't care.

I think Hannah gets nervous just like any other person would. She's like a dork, personally. She's just really, really fun.

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

When you get a role, you completely lose yourself in it. That's one of the great things about acting - letting yourself go.

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.

High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it.

I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.

My diet - I eat nutritionally-balanced meals. I work out. I do yoga. I love my yoga. I do boxing training because it's fun.

I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

I'm progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others. I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and thoughtful.

You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.

With modelling, you go somewhere for 24 hours and you don't even see the city, you don't talk to people or see the culture.

I am ketchup conscious, so I do carry ketchup around with me. The best one is the Heinz Organic Ketchup Opens a New Window.

I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.

You don't want to have to be the man and the woman in the relationship. I always say you want a man who can fix the toilet.

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