My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.
I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that.
Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that.
There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.
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.
It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.
You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.
I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained always.
Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.
You can never stop discovering music.
Music is hugely important to me.
Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision's already made the minute you walk in the room because they're like, 'His hair's good or she's got the right skin color' or whatever. It's so random, but it's so physically oriented.
People are very nice to me, and they've been nice as my career has gotten better and I've gotten more jobs. But the reality is that if I decided tomorrow that I didn't want to act anymore, it's not like people are going to be like, 'Please, come back!'
In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I developed my personality.
I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.
There's no better way to process pain than to write.
I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it's not all for naught, and it's meaningful, because it makes you who you are.
There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there's people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they're expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever.
I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.
As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.
