If I feel really ugly or unhappy, sometimes I'll choose bright colors so they'll make me feel good. Yellows, pinks, light blues and orange. I just want to feel good all the time if I can. And colors and hairstyles and all that kind of helps out.

I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!'

I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.