I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.

It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.