I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules: for example, girls couldn't wear makeup. I found it so outrageous that an all-boys school could tell girls to not wear makeup! So I went on a campaign. I got a petition signed and everything. If a girl wants to wear makeup to boost confidence, why not?

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.

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

Your value is in yourself; the other stuff will come and go.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.