As a teenager, you're still discovering who you are, what your life is about, and who you want to be as a person. It's very intense.

Some of my favorite style icons are Kate Moss and Rihanna, except I'm a little bit younger. I put a little bit more teenage into it.

I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.

I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working, and a sexual being.

I was never pushed into the industry. I was a very shy child. I was not one to perform for friends and family at every get-together.

Smile, don’t frown. Look up don’t look down. Believe in yourself Don’t let yourself go. Just be who you are. And let your live flow.

Because the Pang brothers are twins, they would rotate days on set. One of them would be editing, and one of them would be shooting.

I use Ahava skincare, which is natural line from Israel and is made from minerals from the Dead Sea. I have the most sensitive skin.

I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

Music loud, I can't help but wiggle a bit and I think that movement finds its way into the paintings... I can see it in the strokes.

Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.

Once again, I've been thwarted by the massive difference between my vision of the successful me and the me I'm currently stuck with.

I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.

It's so important to always be yourself. If you do that, you will be successful as you, instead of worrying about trying to conform.

Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.

Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.

Michael Keaton is amazing. He's one of my favorite actors. To get to work with him was a privilege and really was a wonderful thing.

Well, I don't think characters change. I think they become more revealed. I don't think you really can change a character on a show.

There was a time there when I thought going out was so fun. I don't know how it happens, but suddenly that's not a priority anymore.

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.

I was a weird tomboy most of my life. I didn't see the power in my own female form for quite a long time. Maybe that's a good thing.

I do believe in God. I was raised Catholic. For me, personally, I was always very thoughtful about projects that I chose for myself.

Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, 'I'm never acting again,' because it's too freezing.

When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'

I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'

A lot of big studio films, which are fun and great, tend to have a formula, and you've seen it before, and it's a new version of it.

When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort, and so I could remain in a fantasy world.

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.

I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice.

I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

Doing the voice for something [cartoon] requires an enormous amount of energy and you really have to use your whole body. It's cool.

I've done three Broadway musicals and tons of concerts and all kinds of things, but nobody knows that except the people in New York.

This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more.

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

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