The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

There's so much more to life than looking a certain way.

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

It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

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

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

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

I took 'P.S. I Love You' thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film.

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

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.

I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago.

I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

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

I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.

I like to play women who blaze trails.

I love to travel. I'm a curious person.

I really chase the things that I want.

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.