A lot of the scripts I read and the characters I get are 'the girl' in romantic films, and I don't know how comfortable I am, or the world is, with me being that.

You do what you can. You have to leave room to grow and make mistakes.

I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.

I think a lot of people also have kids to reclaim thу innocence and experience it over again. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.

I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.

My favorite charity is the Womens Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.

I'd like to learn how to cook. I've hauled around this big, old, heavy Martha Stewart cookbook in my suitcase to Cape Cod, L.A., Paris. I don't know what possessed me.

Books have great value, actions have greater value.

Religious fanaticism is the most dangerous form of insanity.

The wrinklier the raisin, the sweeter the fruit.

I really believe you get what you're supposed to get.

President Bush has proven he'll take a stand and fight for his programs and initiatives. It's the kind of leadership that makes things happen.

I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.

Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship.