You can't really dance properly to James Brown. If you dance to James Brown, you look like an idiot. There's a lot of jerking.

My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don't mean it.

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.

You know, people ask, "How does the chemistry happen?" It's like being in a bar when you're drunk. You see the person, and you don't know why, it just works. And it's like everything goes in slow-motion.

The people I find most beautiful are the ones who aren't trying.

I keep saying, 'Don't change. Be who you are,' but society is really strong in their opinions.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.