What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life.

Like Ivan [Reitman] has said, there's a lot that a life encompasses.

When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

In grade school I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the one who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.

When I started out, the most terrifying thing was when I had to be very, very emotional in front of lots of people. Now I've kind of learned that it is very important to keep talking all day, keep making jokes, and be connected with people, and be present. It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional. I learned that is sort of the way I need to be.

We impose order and narrative on everything in order to understand it. Otherwise, there's nothing but chaos.