I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.

My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure.

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

Caring about what people think of me decreases everyday.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

I have no issues with my identity.

In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me.

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music.

Music breaks my heart constantly.

You can never stop discovering music.

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that.

Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

I have a father who came from nothing and conquered the world. The last thing I'm going to do is sit here and spend his money and try to look pretty. That's not interesting to me at all.