I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.

I dress according to how I feel.

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.

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

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.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.