If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

When you trust the director you want to trust his or her choices. I don't want to say, 'No, I don't like this girl or that guy," when the director really loves them. No, you want to go with what the director likes.

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?