I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

There's nothing wrong with making little kids happy, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an adult actress. I mean a grown-up actress.

Singing has always been something that I've loved to do, but I never thought about doing, professionally. I always felt more drawn to acting.

Love is a human experience, not a political statement.

I think the thing that I have learned is that a bad love experience is no reason to fear a new love experience, but you have to be very honest at every single stage with the person about how you've been hurt, and hopefully they will be supportive about whatever it is that you have to go through. Everybody has bad relationships and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship.

I kind of got my big break with 'The Princess Diaries' and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: 'Did you always want to be a princess growing up?' And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman.

Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life.