"I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling."

"I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who I am. I don't imagine I'll abandon that completely."

"In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film."

"If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish."

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

"It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can."

"My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem."

"I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with."

"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."

"I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup."

"Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked."

"You're always tellin' me to go out more, Go ahead, get out and see the world, But then I think, why should I? I'd rather stay home and cry."

"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list."

"My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do."

"My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing."

"I work out five days a week; I can't imagine not doing it."

"I'd like to have no rules and eat what I want, but I've learned over the years that I'm so disappointed when I can't wear the clothes I want to wear."

"And if I let myself down, appear on stage when I'm not looking my best, it's not fun for me. I just beat myself up about it."

"I'm really emotional. I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. I've learned not to do that."

"The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper."

"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again."

"I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!"

"Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end."

"Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over."