Quotes by Meghan Markle

Tatcha Face Moisture Mask and a facial by Nicola Joss, who literally massages your face from inside your mouth! Insane, right?

When I was 13 years old, my mom had me start getting facials in my hometown of Los Angeles.

There is nothing like a hair flip!

RevitaLash. Beyond obsessed. We don't use fake lashes anymore for me at work... they are SO long!

I alternate between a few scents. I love 'Oribe Cote d'Azur Eau de Parfum' and both the 'Wild Bluebell' and 'Wood Sage and Sea Salt Colognes' by Jo Malone.

Another solid run through Central Park. Admittedly, six miles turns out to be a bad idea after a full day in heels!

Curl the lashes, concealer under the eyes, blush, ChapStick, and highlight in the inner corner of the eye.

I think you have to make time for yourself so that work doesn't become the end-all be-all.

The holidays are a time to -- not quite play it safe -- but play it classic. You don't want to be the girl in a head-to-toe sequin look, where you look like you should be an ornament on the tree.

I'm eager to find the perfect film to shoot during my hiatus from 'Suits'.

Throwing on a black dress with black tights, cute booties, a great coat and throw a scarf over it. I think simple accessories and, if you want to make a pop, a great red lip.

While most become star struck by A-list actors, you'll only see me in awe of leaders effecting change. Politician and diplomat Madeleine Albright, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. These are my heroes. These are my celebrities.

Reflecting on where I came from helps me to appreciate and balance what I have now.

Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.

I rarely saw my Grandma Markle, as she hailed from New Hampshire and spent much of her life in Pennsylvania and Florida. To bridge that gap, she would always send scrapbooks, care packages, and boxes of treats made from family recipes.

I'm consistently asked how I keep a foot in two contrasting worlds -- one in the entertainment industry, predicated on wealth and indulgence, and the other in humanitarian work. To me, it's less of a question of how can you do this, and more a question of how can you not?

My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.

It's all about balance, and I have so much happiness in my career and am fortunate to travel the world and see so many amazing things -- it will also be nice to be anchored to something grounded and in the same place. Raising a family will be a wonderful part of that.

I grew up in L.A. in a school that was diverse, but it was not really integrated, so I didn't ever fully fit in with the black girls or the white girls or the Latina girls.

I love getting into people's brains and understanding the creative impetus for something.

I'm the person friends come to when they want to find the perfect restaurant or boutique hotel on the outskirts of Paris. As opposed to scouring the Internet for a travel guide, wouldn't you rather ask the people who are really cool who go there? That's what I do.

For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.

Make sure you are safe, and never ever put yourself in a compromising situation, but once that is checked off the list, I think it's really important for us to remember that someone needs us, and that your act of giving helping doing can truly become an act of grace once you get out of your head.

I've had dates at the nicest restaurants, but when you leave, you're starving, and the best part of the date is having a slice of pizza and a couple of drinks on the way home. I think it's important to be able to roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.

I've never wanted to be a lady who lunches -- I've always wanted to be a woman who works.

French fries and vino are my vices.

Once you develop a comfort level with someone, that translates on camera.

If I have to do a red carpet, and there is a whole team, then it is an hour with the hair and make-up. But if I am just going out with friends, it is 15 minutes max in front of the mirror. A quick five minutes on my face, and I always wear my hair up.

I don't tend to go totally bare, but on non-filming days, I will only wear tinted moisturiser, mascara, blusher, and a ChapStick for my lips.

I'm really big on day dates. If you go for a stroll, have a picnic or lunch with a glass of wine -- it doesn't get better than that.

I like it when a man puts thought into the kind of restaurant we're going to. That doesn't mean it needs to be fancy -- some of the best meals of my life have been having a taco on a street corner.

I can't stand it when men are snarky.

I've always shopped on the sale rack, and I've always been the girl flipping through the hangers trying to find the best deal.

People don't need to feel scared about a leather pant. Think of it as a jean alternative: it's the same thing. It's almost like they're your yoga pants, but they look chic.

It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable.

My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.

I was not a girl who grew up buying $100 candles. I was the girl who ran out of gas on her way to an audition.

I'm deeply and passionately involved in the design process. I'm a brash American, and if my name is going to be on something, I'm going to have my say.

If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?

It's really attractive if a man has a skill that you want to improve in yourself. If you can learn from someone, then that's sexy.

Kindness is the No. 1 quality I look for in a man. You can see in how he treats anyone -- from a CEO to a housekeeper -- and it's a reflection of how nice a guy is. Funniness and confidence come after that... When a guy approaches me, it's fantastic if he can make me laugh.

I love how British guys dress for the cold.

The name 'The Tig' comes from a wine called tignanello, and the first time I had a sip of this wine, it was such an 'aha' moment. I finally understood what people were talking about when they spoke about the body, the legs or structure of wine.

As I've gotten older, I like longer dresses, but my legs come up to my ears, and I'm not very tall, so when I wear a short skirt,I've got to be really conscious.

On a normal day, I love a shift dress with flats and a little cropped jacket. That, for me, is my travel wear if it's not too chilly -- you can throw a scarf over your legs if it's cold on the plane!

Granger and Co -- hits the spot for brunch every single time.

You have to take care of yourself so you can manage the workload of a very, very full plate.

If you have an Ina Garten-level roasted-chicken recipe, it's a game changer. I bring that to dinner parties and make a lot of friends.

My wardrobe for 'Suits' isn't like 'Working Girl' -- dressing for work doesn't have to be so on-the-nose these days. The key is to have your own point of view attached to it. Personally, I love cropped pants in vegan leather, a great fitted blazer, and a button-down.

My mom is a yoga instructor: 100% black with dreadlocks.

I don't sit around thinking about my titles and roles; I just do what feels right.

My God, I think about way back in the day when we were running around in Mary Janes and Doc Martens, that whole 90210-inspired look. I'm glad that's long gone.

Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there. I love Big Sur. It's stunning and you get a therapeutic experience there. The drive up the coast is one of the most beautiful I've ever done. Also, Hong Kong. I could easily live there!

Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing.

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

For work I get so dolled up that it's nice to wear boyfriend jeans and a sweater.

I'm from L.A., so I'm used to seeing people in sunglasses and flip-flops. There's something so romantic about a man in a scarf and a knitted hat.

When I get ready to go out, it's half hour and we're out of the door. I don't want to waste time getting ready: I want to go and have fun.

Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.

I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

What's funny is I probably still have some calligraphy business cards floating out in the world, and I can't wait for someone to call me in a month or something, and say, 'Can you do these for my son's Bar Mitzvah?'

I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.

I always want off-the-beaten-path, Anthony Bourdain-inspired travel.

I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.

I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche -- a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress.

Definitely working on 'Deal or No Deal' was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing.

I went to an all-girls' Catholic school for, like, six years during the time when kids actually had handwriting class. I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well.

Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can't do by yourself.

While my life shifts from refugee camps to red carpets, I choose them both because these worlds can, in fact, coexist. And for me, they must.

Fragrance is my favorite thing. So much so that if I leave the house and I don't put any on, I'll turn around and go back home.

Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.