I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.

You hear sounds and orchestration, it's ... the fastest way, I think, to your emotions, even if you don't understand the language of the song.

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.

I've been in enough films where the studio wanted that extra little cuteness to make it sellable.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?