People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
None of my friends are in the entertainment industry.
I wanted to see myself as something different, and I wanted to convince people that I was capable of something other than what they would expect from me.
I'm actually really proud of how I believe people perceive me in this industry. I worked really hard to be seen in a certain way. I think I get a lot of respect for what I usually do. I find that comedic world completely fulfilling and wonderful and they're all my best friends.
I become an actress to do things that scare the sh*t out of me and I felt like I didn't stand a chance to get this part because people have preconceived notions about me, but if they gave me the part, I would do everything in my power to not screw it up.
I'm also 31 years old. It's not like I'm some kid who can be slapped across the newspaper pages like some harlot.
If I was on Game of Thrones, I think the nudity and sex questions would probably get irritating, but this is a show about sex.
The honour of Jesus Christ is at stake in your bodily life. Are you remaining loyal to the Son of God in the things which beset His life in you? Do you continue to go with Jesus? The way lies through Gethsemane, through the city gate, outside the camp; the way lies alone, and the way lies until there is no trace of a footstep left, only the voice, 'Follow Me. '
All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.