How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

Feel the fear and do it anyway!

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

In order to build a system of values you need time and persistence

If you don’t want to live in self-deceit in a new year, miracle must not be your focus

Time bears away all things.

This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

People don't have to put you in a box. You can have the confidence to move across, and combine and learn from each different practice. They inform each other.

She felt as if she were brimming, always producing and hoarding more love inside her. But there was no release.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.