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

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

Don't corral me, and I'll always come home. Just let me go out and play during the day.

Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

I was rejected in school because I didn't look like the big-breasted, beautiful girls. I was awkward and sad. My mother always said, "Be original!" but I didn't understand until I changed to be like everyone else.

I'm not politically vocal. I just want what's best for our country. I want our rights respected and those of my son's.