I have makeup on for such a long time that I need to give my skin a break. And at night, I really get clean when I take all my makeup off.

Back in Korea, I'm always in the studio with YG people. I'd be given a song, and I'd cut it.

What I do is all about expressing myself, whether it's music or the clothes I wear.

All our fans have great energy, and that's where we get our energy to perform. They know how to have fun with our music.

I love Grace Jones. She's everything.

For 2NE1, it's always been all about music.

In my point of view, bad girl is not a villain. Like, people in the United States use 'bad' as referring to something cool. So it means 'Cool girl.' I wish CL was like that.

I'm not the standard Asian girl.

Yes, I am successful in Asia. But if you think about that too much, you become boring. Because you don't want to take risks.

A lot of Asian girls love being basic because it's safe. But the thing is, a lot of my fans are those girls, and they want to be bolder, but there's no one they could look up to and be like, 'It's OK to be that way.'

My creative is for the world.

I like to play different characters.

I have this other side of me that people didn't meet in 2NE1.

I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm. I want to break that.

I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician.

There are always two sides to a person. CL is me, and so is Chaelin.

What is portrayed on stage and in my music videos is different from my everyday lifestyle. But I want to people to see me as CL on stage and in my music.

I feel like 'I Am The Best' or 'Can't Nobody' are very much 2NE1's style, if that's how you want to put it.

'I Love You,' was something different for our fans and for 2NE1.

When I perform or have work, I get my makeup done by an artist.

Working with Method Man was such an honor. I love his music even though I didn't grow up in his era.

N.Y. is definitely one of my favorites. Love the culture, people, attitude and music, art, and fashion.

I want to show who CL is on my first solo album.

Normally, people think of Asian women as timid, but I think I'm very strong.

We're 2NE1, and we're from Korea. We're this girl band with great music.

Jeremy Scott is a good friend, and we love his stuff.

I don't want a 'good' image.

I don't want to take too much responsibility, where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm representing Asia.'

I love being called Baddest Female.

Personally, I don't like defining myself. I don't want to be put in one category in any kind of way.

My dad didn't like staying in one place, so we moved around every year - to a new house, new town, new country.

I know from my own experience that anything is possible, that there's nothing you can't do.

You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you.

But I don't know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It's not like you're sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it.

What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy.

I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.

My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.

Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.

I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained!

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

Some of my happiest moments have been dancing.

However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.

If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun.

I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.