I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy Awards. I'd watched in my pajamas the year before! I felt numb - dazed and confused. I remember feeling light - weightless. More like limbo than cloud nine. At first I was like, This is my statue; nobody gets to touch it. And by midnight I was like, Please, someone, take this statue; it's too heavy! So I gave it to my brother, and he went off with it.

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.

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who were in my life before fame. That's where I get my sense of self. It's deadly for anyone to take on that role of a deity; it's not sustainable. I've got tons of flaws. Call my mother - she'll tell you! She keeps it real. Sometimes you don't want to hear the truth; she'll tell it to you out of love.

I like people who don't tell you what you want to hear.

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.