I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

I realized that being an actor was something I never owned up to, in a weird way. I would be a hostess or a waitress or a house restorer before I would consider myself an actor, because I never thought I was good enough.

I can't cry on demand. I need to feel what I'm feeling. I can't just say, 'Give me a moment' and then cry.

When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.

I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.