I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with writing that comes about with acting. Writing - particularly when you're writing yourself, when it's you, when it's your life, you really can't hide.

Molly Ringwald

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

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I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded.

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The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

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We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

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brutal people

My dad has always just had a lot of faith in me as an artist and as a person, and he doesn't really dispense with a lot of advice when it comes to the music. He's taught me a lot over the years, but when I was taking on this project he's really hands-off about that. He just appreciates what I've done and is very supportive, and of course really proud.

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It's the universal feeling that we all are alone - that we're all different. I think the movie's one resounding theme is that everybody feels the same, and we're all alone together. Some people come up to me on the street and thank me for helping them get through their teen years.

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I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

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Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

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I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.

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Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

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careers keys believe

I think we do live in a very specialized society, where once you think about somebody as one thing, it's hard to change that. But I do a lot of things. I act, I write, I sing.

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one-thing writing thinking

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

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From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

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forgiveness forgiving way

I'm really intimidated by beautiful people. Beautiful guys, especially.

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guy beautiful people

I just needed to leave Hollywood.

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hollywood needed

Originally I considered myself a singer.

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singers

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

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your-dad daddy money

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

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essentials self-esteem want

I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.

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I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

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