Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. When someone seems mysterious, we like to romanticize that he's "deep" or "complicated." But a lot of the time, things are exactly as they seem....

I don't have any interest in going out to clubs. I love people, and I love socializing, I just don't have any interest in being drunk.

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.

I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

You have celebrities who are pushed to the brink of a public meltdown, and so the public thinks that every person in the public eye has dirty secrets that they're keeping, or isn't what they seem, or is masking it and faking sincerity, faking authenticity, faking being surprised at award shows when you win a Grammy.

On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.

I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.