I think I can deceive people. I`m like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don`t have any bad intentions. But I`m a bad girl too.

To be put in a position at 15 where people are saying how sexy you are is really awkward, so I did all I could to try and diffuse that. It`s only now that I`ve started to feel like I`ve become a lady.

People think, `Wow, you`re an actress, so people must be really nice to you and kiss your ass.` NOBODY kisses my ass.

I`m very uncomfortable with my body, and I`m not interested in people seeing it on screen.

My parents taught me about other cultures. I spent time in Africa, Cuba, Europe, Jamaica, the Amazon and that was nothing to do with work.

I`m reachable for people, I`m not out of their league. I`m just a normal girl.

I don`t just want to be the girl boys get excited about, I have no desire for people to see me in a sexy way. I won`t do nudity ever.

I don`t want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it`s fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.

Some days I wake up and think `what`s wrong` and I`d realize it`s nothing other than waking up in a not so great a mood. Generally I feel good though. I go to yoga, I feel great. I love to wake up on Sundays - just hang out with the dogs.

I`d die if I was Madonna. I`d die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don`t know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.

My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex.

I think that Clueless (1995) was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it`s true lightness.

The things that move me and excite me aren`t necessarily going to be box-office hits all the time. My favorite film I`ve ever done was Love`s Labour`s Lost (2000) and I think - in box-office terms - barely one person saw it. But I still think it`s the greatest movie and I don`t care if anybody doesn`t like it. I saw it in seven different countries and the audience would leave the theatre dancing. I think that`s a pretty incredible thing.

I`m not obsessed with being in the public eye. It`s not my job to impress people - I`m really just a working actress and I like to pick projects and do things that really inspire me.

I hate people to call me `that Aerosmith chick!`

On her `chocolate is better than sex` quote: "I was interviewed when I was 17 and I didn`t actually say that. It was the worst piece of journalism that I`ve ever been involved with."

I truly loved doing the videos, but it has been hard hearing all the time that you`re just the Aerosmith chick.

Everything you do in the name of the environment not only saves your health, it saves your soul.

My boyfriend calls me `princess`, but I think of myself more along the lines of `monkey` and `retard`.

I don`t feel like a dream girl, but I think it`s really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I`m this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog.

I think people that genuinely do good are great people. And I don`t think, Oh, there must be something wrong with them". I think that there`s something wrong with the people who aren`t doing good."

I know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don`t want to cause that pain to any other person or creature. But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such as with cosmetics or food. We say to ourselves, I`m going to use this animal. I`m going to say it doesn`t have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these cruel things. And that just isn`t fair.

I don`t have any understanding of a human being who doesn`t respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts,feelings and needs.

We always had dogs,so I understood all the joy and the love animals are capable of giving. It`s crazy to me that some people have dogs in thier homes, but they treat them more like furniture.

Nothing`s changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I lost weight and my skin cleared up and I got bright eyes and I just became stronger and healthier and happier. Can`t think of anything better in the world to be but be vegan.

Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it`s not acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they`re successful at it. ... If you talk to people who grew up on a farm, they`ll tell you that they had an experience where they were taking care of a cow, and one day their parents took it away and killed it. It`s a torturous experience for them, and that`s when they became hard. People are taught to be grown-up or whatever, and that`s dumb. That bond they had with that cow or chicken was real.

Once people spend time with farm animals in a loving way ... a pig or cow or a little chicken or a turkey, they might find they relate with them the same way they relate with dogs and cats. People don`t really think of them that way because they`re on the plate. Why should they be food when other animals are pets? I would never eat my doggies.

I`m vegan for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore.

My boyfriend calls me `princess`, but I think of myself more along the lines of `monkey` and `retard`.

I`d die if I was Madonna. I`d die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don`t know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.

I don`t want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it`s fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.