"When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of."
"You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved."
"You know how you're supposed to choose between playing up your eyes or your lips? I always choose lips. I love the drama."
"It's wonderful to be in love. And it's definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it's OK if you don't find him and you're 24. You can find it someday."
"Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing."
"I think guys who are rebels and make their own rules are appealing."
"I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work."
"Even when people are so judgmental about what you wear or your weight you just have to step away and be like, 'I'm a normal, fine human being.'"
"Guys who are unavailable are actually a dream come true for me because I'm unavailable all the time. It's great they're not down your throat."
"I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time."
"I want a family someday and I know that I have to let love in to create that and I think there is someone out there for me, but I'm not on some crazy hunt for that right now."
"I think you have to know how you feel when you're sad and it's healthy to mourn if a relationship ends."
"The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship."
"I never wear makeup when I'm not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I've grown to really love the way I look without it."
"I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things."
"I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever."
"In this world, everyone wants to know everything about you, and I think that's funny."
"I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody."
"Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity."
"If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous."
"Honestly, all I ever do is work."
"People are pretty respectful for the most part."
"I love my parents very much, but people either continue or break the patterns of what their life should be and I just want to completely break whatever patterns would lead me to the same life choices that they made."
"I never played sports. I wasn't any good at them."
"I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns."
