I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

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.

I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself.

I like to play women who blaze trails.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there

I took 'P.S. I Love You' thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film.