I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow.

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

I'm glad that I get to take my final walk as the princess of 2012. ...there's nothing wrong with winning an Oscar!

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'