I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

I didn't have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase.

To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].

I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way.

Savor what you are and not what everyone else wants you to be.

People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn't know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost.

Yeah, I'm nervous. I'm wearing heels in public for crying out loud.