I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

I like going on location for films.

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

The world is still very bigoted.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

The universe does not reveal itself to undergraduates or fools: This is the entire premise of higher education.

Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

...a good poem contains both meaning and music

We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.

There's real beauty in pushing yourself to expose the real you in more ways.

My mother's always looking for answers. She's always searching for new information. I think she has a thirst for hunger that very few possess innately.

I like hair each and every way. I like to give scalp massages - to pull and tug on it. But my favorite style is long, real hair in a dusty blonde-brown color.

You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.