I want to be a Christian like Christ - loving and accepting of other people.

All my life, I'd been on the receiving end of my mother's endless tenderness and vigilant care. Being allowed to care for her during her recovery was a gift – the most rewarding experience in my life.

I'm sick of people who've never been to church telling me that church is full of hypocrites, and people who've never read the Bible telling me that it's baloney.

Michelle [ Pfeiffer] was perfect as Miss Baltimore Crabs.

I am a creature of the sun. I don't ever mind being in the heat.

The thing is, I would need the right producer [for dance-music album ], right? "Calling all dance music producers! I'm available.

I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.