One thing that annoys me is when you see women in these terrible and incredible situations with perfectly glossed lips. You're not going to look good in the apocalypse.

I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range, and not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing, over and over.

I think I'm probably much better at the boots and pocket knife thing than I am at the high heels and martini thing.

Every working mom I know is constantly walking some kind of a tightrope of guilt.

An actor without an audience is rehearsing.

The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband’s family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp.

I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.

I don't watch horror movies because they scare me!

My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do. You buy insurance for your house; you have a go bag.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

You don't take a job in acting at all expecting 25 years in and a pension.

I am seeking I am striving I am in it with all my heart.

I'd imagine my wedding as a fairy tale... huge, beautiful and white.

I still don't think like that. Because of Benazir, nobody else [in her party] was thinking about leadership. This position comes about only because of the vacuum that was created with her death.

I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.

The biggest downside to being a novelist is writing the novel.

The mind demands rules; the facts demand exceptions.

SEO is a race, not a sprint.

The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.

Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.