"I don't want to discredit people's individuality, but I think people are pretty much the same. People are very similar. If you have a good enough imagination then you can feel things that you personally have never done before. That's acting."

"Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody."

"I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen."

"My best friend just had a baby, and she's my age. So I'm a godmom now, which is crazy."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"What 'twas weak to do 'Tis weaker to lament, once being done."

"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter."

"I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas."