"Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can."

"When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome."

"Anyone who's lost someone to cancer will say this, that you have to struggle to try to remember the person before the diagnosis happened, because they really do change - as anyone would change."

"I would love to be married. But it's not a necessity like the way that I feel I need and want to have children. It would be wonderful to have a husband, and I would feel blessed to do it. But I would feel sad for the rest of my life if I had no kids."

"It is a timeless truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"True wisdom begins when you realize authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"It is a subtle truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."

"It is a humble truth that in the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design — an essential principle for the reflective life."