Quotes from Heather Graham

There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and say, 'I'm beautiful.' Like anyone else, I see the flaws. Guys don't do that as much as women. But you have to learn to appreciate and accept and love yourself as you are.

I'm not actually a mom in real life, so it's fun to pretend to be one. I like to approach things the same in art as in life. You can choose to look on the positive side and enjoy whatever roles you're given. You can find the silver lining in anything.

I think Korean barbecue is very accessible to Americans because it's sort of similar to something we know, but with different flavours.

In my own life, I've written scripts that I want to direct, so I would love to take my own creativity in a way where I could tell my own story. That does inspire me, the idea of becoming a director.

I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you're meant to lift off the ground.

I do have the roller skates from 'Boogie Nights.'

I am intrigued by different religions and respect them all, but to be honest, I feel the most spiritual when I am doing yoga or looking at an ocean. Being spiritual is feeling a connection with a higher power and knowing that life is about more than just achieving goals. It is about feeling good in the moment.

I work out a lot and I do yoga and I do Pilates and I'm kind of athletic. I've taken dance classes, but at the same point I'm just a total klutz.

I like doing yoga. I do yoga three times a week and I do Pilates twice.

Once a week, I spend a day luxuriating in bed. I like staying in my house, pottering around, and maybe cooking or just laying around reading. I love doing yoga and transcendental meditation.

When you're playing a character, I think it's always better not to judge that character.

I took karate classes for a few years. Taekwondo. I'd love to do a movie role where I could do some karate.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

I think the Olsen twins' line, The Row, has some cool stuff. And I'm kind of obsessed with a clothing line called Stop Staring. It has a lot of vintage-type dresses that are retro '40s and '50s inspired.

The ultimate fun is doing nothing. I like doing nothing with people I like - maybe just eating, hanging out and talking.

I like the idea of a family, but I don't know that I'd like to be a single mum.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

The funny thing is, I look at these magazines that make me so insecure and neurotic, but I'm in them!

I sleep as much as I want. I'll sleep, like, 11 hours, unless I'm working. Sometimes I do feel like, 'This is weird; I should just get up so I can fit into the world.' Then I'm like, 'Why?' I don't have a nine-to-five job.

I basically think that I'm a fairly nice, normal person with just a few eccentricities.

I'm not the kind of person who needs to be a mother no matter what. Life brings you people. Maybe I'll nurture someone who's not my child, like a friend, or an actor I'm working with who needs some love.

It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.

It would be nice if I did have a good relationship with my family, and yes, part of me longs to have a mum and dad who love and accept me for who I am. But if they never do, it's OK.