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I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of 20 or 30 movies. You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies. ”
My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. ”
Lead by example. Women often wait for permission instead of acting, and I try to encourage bold action. ”
If Twitter is worth seven billion next month, I'm happy for them to be worth six billion and spend a billion making it safer for people, for example. ”
My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance. ”
I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it. ”
Normally, it's one or the other - a pretty, straight woman or a more charactery woman who isn't supposed to be attractive. But women like Tina Fey are leading the charge on being both. You can be funny and attractive. ”
Lyrically and melodically, Drake was definitely a big influence of mine. ”
One player's influence in football is not as big as in other sports: it's 11 players vs. 11 players. ”
Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour. ”