It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody.

I forgive, ” Penny said. “But I don’t forget. I’ll remember the kind of gum you were chewing when you did me wrong.

No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.

I want to do what I love, which is act, and hopefully through that, leave a positive impact somehow, someway, with somebody.

Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.

Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.

Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.

What we teach our children is that earth is your mother that provides; she's a giver. So, please first ask forgiveness from the mother earth before you step on to it and cause it pain.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise.

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.