I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing.

Hilary Swank

I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.

What do dreams know of boundaries?

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.

To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.

I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I love doing interviews that are about work that I do, films that I make. I am not very interested in the rest. I think I have always been quite reserved and a bit frightened of that whole thing.

In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act in another language. It's the nuances in the words.