“With my platform, anyway, I want to try and do good things and want to help people.”

I don’t celebrate really crazy.

Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

I’m really small, so I think if I shrink, I’d turn into a puddle.

I had best friends who were in the industry, and I’m like, it’s cool if you get a job, and I’m happy.

I’m keeping the pixie. I hope I inspire people, it’s really cool to have short hair.

It makes so much sense to just love what you do and go to work every day to get to get to work.

I don’t actually watch ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ When I was in it, I kind of knew that it was a big deal. My sister’s a big fan, so I kind of knew.

I’m cool with people dressing up as Eleven for Halloween. I definitely want to open my door and give them candy.

It was really fun to play a period piece because I’ve never done that before and it’s completely different.

Orcas are my spirit animal. That’s my favorite mammal.

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art.

I don’t care what I look like; it’s how people think of me. And I do care how people think of me. I want people to say, ‘Oh, she’s nice,’ rather than, ‘Oh, she’s so pretty.’

I write many essays on whales. I love whales, especially orcas. And dolphins.

I sort of knew I was a bit of a drama queen. I always threw tantrums, so I knew I wasn’t a normal child.

I never liked sleeping in the dark. I have, like, twinkle stars around my bed, so it’s not so bad.

I’ve watched the Emmys for almost my whole life, so it was crazy to finally be there in the audience clapping and actually going on stage. Hopefully one day I’ll get to be actually nominated.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.

Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts, good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.

Honestly, I’m not going to lie. I was a good kid.

They had a good game plan and they came out fast. We started slow, but we picked it up. You just have got to trust in the process and not try to do too much and things will start happening and having success your way.

I’m kind of a good girl – and I’m not. I’m a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I’m a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That’s what the stories in my music do.

Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself.