One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen.

I love meetings with suits. I live for meetings with suits. I love them because I know they had a really boring week and I walk in there with my orange velvet leggings and drop popcorn in my cleavage and then fish it out and eat it. I like that. I know I'm entertaining them and I know that they know.

I have had many challenges in my life, including some very big ones when I was young and I've learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from.

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.

When you make a movie, it's just a huge bureaucracy because movies cost so much money. Millions of people get involved, and pretty soon the creative idea gets tramped on and watered down or filtered through a huge system.

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.

One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.