New parents always sound like hucksters in a pyramid scheme. Anyone who has kids and then gets you to go and have kids gets a check from Huckster Headquarters.

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over

The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the ground diapering.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

The jewel in the baby product crown is the stroller. And if in America you are what you drive, then in Parentland, you are what you push.

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

Marriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not.

If a tree falls on your head in a forest and no one hears it, it still hurts.

A new child in the house is a huge tourist attraction. It's like Disneyland, except there the lines are longer and no one brings casseroles.

There was a period where our child's birth was getting really close, and we still had nothing. We were dangerously close to calling him Untitled Baby Project.

It's easier to maintain a good character than to recover it when it's gone bad!

A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.

I just don't want to cozy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing.

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming.

A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one.

The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

I love to work this way - I love the time of preparation. If you feed yourself with all the information and you get to understand who the character is then you can really be her.

I think the media's a little frightened of women.