No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.

Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.

I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty. Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.... I think beauty is an expression of love.

In the madness, you have to find calm.

The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance.

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.