"Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer."

"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself."

"My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate."

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."

"It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience."

"I could party in a cardboard box with people who are funny and don't care. For me, it's really about who I surround myself with, so I just try to always be with hilarious people."

"I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you - you'll get there."

"In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe."