"I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again."

"I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it."

"I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am."

"I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool."

"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live."

"Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level."

"My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all."