I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.

It's not rocket science to make a movie.

There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise.

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

I've got a couple of full-time jobs, since I'm raising a kid, so it's a lot.

Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Jon Lajoie - and they're such funny guys that they bring their own sort of twist to it all.

Know something about something. Don't just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

Human cruelty can be infinite. Human generosity can be boundless.

I’d have to say, you’ve got something behind those hazel eyes of yours that I haven’t seen in a long time

Of all things known to mortals, wine is the most powerful and effectual for exciting and inflaming the passions of mankind, being common fuel to them all.

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

The proper education of poor children [is] the ground-work of almost every other kind of charity.... Without this foundation firstlaid, how much kindnessis unavoidably cast away?

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

All art does but consist in the removal of surplusage.