When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.
Books have always been really important to me; they’re my saving grace.
I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.
I didn’t have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter’s fame.
I can’t believe I gave my panties to a geek.
I’ve done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I’d think, ‘Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?’
I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
Sometimes when people have kids young, they’re not ready.
People feel like they grew up with me.
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.
When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.
Usually the kids are portrayed as very one-dimensional. Like these mindless animals that just have three things on their minds: getting laid, getting drunk, and driving real fast over Mulholland Drive.
I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
I never really felt like I belonged in California.
I have a very independent spirit.
I can’t stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.
Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life – career, relationships, anything.
I used to sing with my father’s jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.
I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.