I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

Well, I lost my virginity in a car. But it wasn't a very nice one.

I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

Home is where my mom is.

Individuality is vitally important. When people start to lose their individuality is when I believe they start to lose themselves. I think children are born with this message, and it shouldn't be taken away from them. I hope they walk away with it after seeing the film, and adults too. And I notice it also with myself, because the older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.