It’s my nature to downplay.
Everything I do stems from something personal, not just because it will look good on paper or be a tax write-off.
What I learned the most from Prince was putting art first, being creatively ambitious, and putting creativity at the forefront of what I do.
In the 1990s, with Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, those really big female artists were very glamorous, it was all about the glamour at that time. And so there was a big switch, the desire to be more who you were, not so beholden to this whole standard of beauty. It was a liberation. You see Mary J Blige – she did the same, wearing the combat boots.
I want my sons to grow up in a world where they’d never think boys are better than girls or that black is better than white.
Exploring the mysteries of myself and the world. Sensual, powerful, wise… on my path…
The amount of people in this world who are here to do something great far outweighs the rest.
I see two or three cars that are really good, but they’re not dominant. There’s usually somebody who’s got one that’s a little bit better than everybody.
I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I’m more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you’re 20 minutes early, that means you’re too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies’ room, have some water, and get comfortable.
Over the last couple of years, I’ve really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.
Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” was constantly on my FM Walkman radio around that time. I think that made me cry because I associated it with absolutely no one.
I like you baby, just not more than my work right now
[on Trump] Many people are happy to see him in office. Some are voters who think he’ll bring jobs back and shake up Washington; others are happy simply because he isn’t Hillary Clinton, and others of course are Vladimir Putin and Scott Baio. But, for the rest of us, we are faced with the same questions as a guy that woke up the day after a Vegas bachelor party, deep in the desert, naked, tied to a cactus and a dead clown, namely: How the f**k did we get here? and What the f**k do we do now?
If you don’t know what it is, don’t mess with it
Since I started acting it’s kind of been a bit mad. I never really did anything before and two years ago I started acting and I’ve kind of been in work ever since. Then Harry Potter came along and it’s been a huge step and a massive event in my life.
There is no diet for a big ego.
[on Ryan Phillippe] I’m lucky to find a person to share my life, and the best friend I’ll ever have.
Of course, chicks keep popping up. When you’re in a hotel, a pretty young lady makes life bearable.
Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I’m proud to be Latina.
Do you know how much hate mail I’ve gotten from people who love Mario Kart? In one day, I managed to ruin half of America’s childhood and mushroom farming everywhere.
There are different audiences out there, and everyone has different tastes of what they want. And it’s a good thing because otherwise, there wouldn’t be enough stuff to go around.
[when asked if she had ever been asked to “sex it up” a little] I’m more of the down-home – I guess, you know, the good-old girl. Being sexy is kind of funny to me. You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don’t think so. Just what you see is what you get on me. And it’s never been anything of a sexual nature.
