She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most.

When you're an actor, seeing yourself for the first time, you spend all your time just watching yourself and hating yourself and picking your performance apart. You say, "I look horrible. I should quit."

After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.

You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.

Nobody can make me cry in public. I'll punch them first before they make my mascara smear.

Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?

False expectations take away joy.