I've never been a drinker, I've never gotten into drugs ... You know, I think I have such a close family ... I think you know my sisters do enough drinking to kind of fill up the whole family.

Remember, people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

Embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, "I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now".

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

Take and chance and don't ever look back. Never have regrets, just lessons learned.

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

Lies can make harsh truths less painful. But I believe pain is essential for growth.

~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first.~

I think there's a sense of power women don't get till we're older when we say, 'This is the line, and you're not stepping over it.

That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.

Earth recedes....Heav en opens before me.

Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.

Nature stopped being natural decades ago.

It hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time.

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play.

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.