I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know

Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.

Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about me.