I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

Obviously no parent does everything right. It's this weird thing that happens where you are striving to be as good as you can be so that they turn out well. And that requires that you be a really great, evolved, aware person in every moment. Which is pretty awesome. But it's also putting tremendous pressure on yourself--which is why women feel so guilty!

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was

I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye.

I just never really gave myself any credit. And because of that, nobody else did either. You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside.