I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me.

I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.

I have no issues with my identity.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

Caring about what people think of me decreases everyday.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends.

I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.

I've been really lucky thus far with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and feel good about myself. If for some reason one day that ends, I won't do it anymore. If I feel like I have to compromise myself to continue to be in this industry, I don't want to do that.

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level.

I think every girl has that a guy she has trouble letting go of.

Spy plots are hard, really hard.

I can fall asleep anywhere.

People are not enjoying life because they're trying to be something or brand themselves.

Geeks are finally having their day.

I cannot imagine our country not having the right to economic boycott.

I don't care if it's Saudi Arabia or if it's Israel or any other country. I can't imagine our members of Congress or even the residents back in the day that pushed back against apartheid in Africa not to be able to boycott.

I can tell you, you know, I am a person that every - people that do really know me well know that I'm extremely passionate about fighting for my families and the residents back home.

My God, do we have some of the most amazing people. You won't find stories like ours. You almost feel like, if there's ever a need to tell an American story, just come to Detroit.

I'm so much of a proud Detroiter.

I love being a mom.

Voters will never wonder where I stand on an issue or if I will be there when needed. I will be side by side with them as we fight back against the Trump agenda together.

Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to set auto insurance pricing compounds racial discrimination and exacerbates wealth inequality.

The first thing I think about when somebody says you're going to be the first Muslim is celebrate this moment.

I'm constantly working, and I've earned everything that I've been able to achieve on my own, and that's what being the eldest of 14 taught me.

I was the third parent, growing up, and it did make me a very overly responsible adult.

I went to Detroit Public Schools: Harms Elementary, Bennett, which is now called Phoenix Academy. This is all in Southwest Detroit. I graduated from Southwestern High School, so I'm a 'Prospector,' which is what we used to call each other.

President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our country.

We demand Congress access and publicly release Donald Trump's tax returns!

We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes.

Big money has hijacked our politics.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

Detroit can't come close to repairing the decades of neglect without addressing the crisis in our neighborhoods. I live in southwest Detroit near Woodmere Cemetery. My neighbors and I deal with the negative impacts of job loss, increased poverty, and pollution every day.

Detroit can become a national model for urban revitalization, but to do so, it must break free from past development models.

Old models of development simply seek to lure business with substantial tax breaks and then hope (and pray) that economic benefits will trickle down to residents. It has not worked for our city in the past, and it will not work for the future city that we all hope want to see.

Trump has created an atmosphere wherein my sons are questioning their place and identity as Arab Americans and Muslims.

I still remember, at the age of 12, learning that segregation had been permitted only a couple of decades before I was born and that a woman's right to vote was not even a century old. But it was great Americans who stood up, some dying for the cause, to make our country better.

Social niceties are not in order for men who would turn away refugees fleeing for their lives based on their faith to have them suffer in camps.

Confrontational or not, my approach to public service has always been fighting for my families.

Being in southwest Detroit, when my dad would want to say anything about me or my brothers or sisters, he would start speaking in Spanish to my uncle and my grandmother because we didn't understand.

I really truly respect and honor the fact that the majority of my district is African-American and that I have to make sure that I surround myself with people with that lens.

I was my mother's translator until I was probably 12 years old, and I remember how people looked at her.

I went to a predominantly African-American school. I didn't even understand our immigration system. I knew my parents immigrated here.

I remember the different things that were happening to my family as we were getting situated and buying our first home in southwest Detroit, watching my mother learn how to drive for the first time.