As long as you're fierce and you have that inner confidence with yourself, you can get through anything.

Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.

I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. And then I think a lot of it sort of comes out sitting down with the people I'm co-writing with and talking to them about what I'm going through and what I want to say. It just sort of happens; every song came about in a completely different yet organic way.

I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have this weird gene. Hopefully I will continue to have the talent to allow that gene to play itself out for as long as it can.

Being honest...[to reporters] Not the worst thing in the world. Don't write that down.

Worst thing in the world? John is completely out of it. Good luck, ladies. He's a freak!

I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.