The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

All of the advice that I give, I'm not an expert by any means, but it's just my opinion. So if somebody likes me or likes y style or my career, I think they should have that feeling.

If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.

Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?