Quotes from Bellamy Young

I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.

I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform and availed herself of any opportunity she could in the mountains of North Carolina in the '70s.

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.

If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.

I did love 'Dirty Sexy Money' quite a lot. I loved my tenure at 'Scrubs' quite a lot. 'ER' might have been my favorite guest star thing. 'We Were Soldiers' meant a lot to me.

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time.

If I could have anyone's mind for a day, I really can't think of anyone other than Einstein.

I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.

With Yale, my world got so big all of a sudden. At school, if you could dream it, someone would make it so that you could do it. It was magical. I had a lot going on, as you do when you're 17, and didn't necessarily capitalize on all of it, but it made me see possibility in a way that I hadn't before.

There's a lot of life on the planet that needs love, wants love, deserves love, in whatever capacity we are able.

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

Sleep is such a potent, liminal state, and I don't want to drag anything in there that doesn't need to be there.

It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

Michelle Obama blows my mind. Form and function, style and grace.

I miss singing. I did Broadway forever.

'Notorious' is a masterwork. I can watch it every day.

The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.

There are a lot of women who feel that they have done all the work in their relationship only for someone else to step in and take the love and credit for it.

I get a lot of work done in my dreams and I don't want to take anybody else's work with me.

Jackie O was so capable in so many ways. Hillary tried to redefine the role when she got into public policy, and Michelle Obama is able to move smoothly between form and function, style and substance.

I am a fosterer of animals.