I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.

I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.

It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores.

I believe there are two types of decision-makers - those who lead with their gut and those who make lists of pros and cons, and fully anticipate the consequences.

You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.

You have to find a way to not become bitter and live within the parameters of the situation and laugh your way through it…and you hope for a better day for the next generation.

We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say thank you.

It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.

I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.

I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott is amazing!

Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime okay, but not quite.

In today's society conformity is more of a necessity than an option.

He'd jolt up in bed every morning sit quietly for a moment and you could feel those wheels spinning in his mind as he planned his day. Then he'd hit the floor almost on the run.

I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.

Hollywood is the model for publishing, more and more. Not just blockbusters either.

My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal.

I wanted so badly to tell him, but something about that entire night seemed so beautiful, so bizarre, that I didn't trust it with my secrets.

Each decision - to kill, to sign a petition, to write a letter, to make a speech, to attack, to lie, to surrender - was made at some point in somebody's day.