"You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars."

"By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free."

"Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older."

"Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose"."

"I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday."

"You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life."

"Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it."

"I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing."

"Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?"

"I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked."

"I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat."

"The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life."

"My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress."

"I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal."

"I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all."

"The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art."

"I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that."

"A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them."

"When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'"

"I think every woman goes through a relationship where she is with a guy that is really not right for her. You get lost in it."

"You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'"

"I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people."

"I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker."

"I'm not a very 'this is planned out' person when I get to set. 'This is how I'm going to do it' - I'm never like that."