I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.

I have a temper on me that could hold back tides.

Obviously, from the experience you get from making videos, you understand where the camera is and how some of the actual technicalities work and so on and so forth.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.

It is so hard for musicians when they step into acting is they're not coming in as a blank slate, they're coming in with a real set idea of who they are, where they're coming from, what their politics are, what their tastes are.