120 Quotes by Emmy Rossum

She's lonely and wounded and very vulnerable and it really is a story about people at the heart of it all.

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy.

Guys usually like a very natural look. I think it's bad idea to wear a strong lip on a first date - or for the first few dates. I'm always too nervous he'll kiss it off - if I'm lucky enough to get a kiss! I also think soft, sexy hair is important.

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

There's something safe about playing a character, but then it's like, 'Who am I underneath it all?'

I hope that I'm sexy in a different kind of way than I think that a lot of girls are right now. I think a lot of girls in the public eye, especially musical artists, are just kind of objectified a little bit and wearing super-skimpy outfits and leaving nothing to the imagination.