I'm a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it's healthy. I've never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...

I think God runs the show. Completely. Life proves it every day: He runs the show.

You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.