I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.

One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

It's something that you have to experience in your life, but I think my first kiss, I was 7 and it was really yucky.

The past is gone. I know it sounds cliché, but you're here. Like be in it. And boxing was a really good analogy for me to try and carry that in my everyday life all the time.

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.