"Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out."

“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.”

“Flaws reveal a lot about a character and who people are. The flawed elements of a character are where I find their humanity. Those are the things I tend to identify with - the weaknesses. I don't know why, but I identify with struggle more than with success.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“When I'm singing a song on stage, I hate hypocrites. If you don't put yourself in that lyric and emote and be what that lyric says that you are, then you're just going through the motions and you're being hypocritical. I just take that same approach with acting. I just take the dialogue and I emote it and become that. I use the same technic.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Life is real only then, when "I am".”

“American audiences love period pieces. America doesn't have a lot of old things. It's a new country so I think we're a little bit fascinated by that.”

“I know I'm pretty, but I ain't as pretty as a couple of titties.”

“We do not face a choice between protecting our environment or protecting our economy. We face a choice between protecting our economy by protecting our environment - or allowing environmental havoc to create economic havoc.”

“Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.”

Source : "Happy and Crappy Days As a New Mom" by Chelsey Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2014.