Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.

As an actress, I'm an emotional person.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.