I think I'm a really hands-on mom.

I'm horrified of lobsters. And shrimp and lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean.

Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.

I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.

I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.

I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors... It's incredibly romantic.

I've always been a person that believes in eating often and eating smart, clean meals.

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them.

It is the small trivial things in life that makes a human happy, like opening a pickle jar.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

Friends are seldom found; they are made.

I don't like talk and I don't like talkers. Like Ma Barker. That's what she always said, 'Ma Barker doesn't like talk and she doesn't like talkers.' She just sat there with her gun.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

Mobile phones amplify human talents for cooperation.

I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.

I always try to look at the episode overall, and try to figure out where I can add something that's a little ironic or self-aware or light because I think that's what makes the show special.

Men gossip less than women, but mean it.

Racism is to the current era what unAmericanism was to the Fifties: a curse word that provides a handy substitute for logical thought.