As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention.

In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring.

And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him.

I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices.

The secret to success is action, not attitude.Your attitude doesn't matter. It is what you do with your time.

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious.

Are you a polititcian or does lyin' just run in your family?

I learn a lot from acting, but it's not my natural way. I can't help but write; I do it all the time. It's a condition of being for me.

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.

If you want to find wilier race by common sense, then you have just narrowed your searching area.

Last night he made it very clear that he wants me.And, god help me, I want him too.

One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves.

Remember: Bad timing equals great plot twists.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a few days and you'll be thin for life.

When the candles are out all women are fair.

A thousand books on tennis won’t improve your serve, but a thousand serves will.