I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.

I have to welcome the pain like I welcome the joy.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

The more I resist anything, the stronger it gets.

I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.

Love is a true unconditional space to me. To love someone or to be loved is to be seen, and I think, gosh, as humans, all we want is to be seen, to be heard, right? To be valued. To be respected. But mostly just to be held in a safe, unconditional space.