I'll just get better as I go along because I'm open to getting better. If you have the goods, there's nothing to be afraid of. If somebody doesn't have the goods, they're insecure. I don't have that problem

[Having perosonal trainer for the movie 'The back-up plan'] I felt like I had just given birth. He was like, "You can't eat anything but this. You've got to do what I say." So along with doing the film, I did this kind of disciplined workout regimen, because every cheese farmer is ripped and buff, and I wanted to be true to character, because I'm Method. But it took a lot of hard work to get there. You can rest assured in the fact that it's all gone now.

I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

There are certain people that are marked for death. I have my little list of those that treated me unfairly.

My favorite holiday is my birthday-it's very Leo.

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.