"The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well."

"Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person."

"I'm not gonna lie and say it's easy. I separate my work and my personal life. Work is work."

"We're looking up blogs, going "Have you seen this?" And we're going, "That's not real! We would know if he was coming." And then our creators were like, "No, he's really coming." (On finding out Kevin Federline would guest-star on One Tree Hill)

"To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there."

"It's been great you know I think it's good because we've been on nights for a month now so your pretty much used to it. It's telling on me because I usually sleep about five hours a night and on night shoots I've been sleeping a full eight hours every day. You know I think it has something to do with your body clock being off, and something to do with how physical the movie is. It's been really interesting because I'm a person who doesn't sleep and now I do. So it's great!" (About having to shoot at night for her movie "The Hitcher")

"I don’t care what the press is about a person that I’m working with. I care about how they come to work every day. I don’t care who broke up with who or who is sleeping with who or who went out where. I don’t care what you do with your personal life. It’s when people take their personal lives into a space where it affects their performance at work, that’s when I would stop taking someone seriously."

"What I think makes it difficult to not be taken seriously is falling on your face drunk all the time or running around without your underwear on. It’s not that difficult to get dressed, and it’s not that difficult to keep yourself under a level of control."

"I don't know if I can pick a worst, I've heard some pretty bad things in my life. I'm just one of those people I've gotten to a point where I don't want to be rude, but if it's uninvited attention from people it's like, "Thank you, but no." I'm going to shut you down right away. I'm not interested." (On the worst pick up line she's heard)

"I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants to use it more than a pretty face and status."

"I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience..."

"Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes."

"Wow, that’s difficult. I can’t say that I identify with him, but I have a wonderful photo of Gandhi and his family, by Margaret Bourke-White, which I keep close everywhere I go. I look at it every day and remind myself to be inspired by the things he achieved and the way he did them." (On which historical figure she most identifies with)

"I’m a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I’ll crack a joke, then worry if I’ve offended someone—even when they’re laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying."

"I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh...I can't stand it!"

"Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0."

"Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better."

"People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!"

"I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. You know, at the time I was playing volleyball, and I just thought it was a major inconvenience. But I ended up loving it. I made a decision to follow through with it because I never enjoyed anything as much as being up onstage and being someone else. So I decided to pursue it, and voila!"

"It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage."

"I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore."