Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in terms of their capacity for learning.

Repeat after me: 'I am doing the best that I can.' That's the mantra I keep trying to tell myself, 'I'm doing the best I can.'

Honesty is probably the sexiest thing a man can give to a woman.

I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life

You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor.

I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake.

'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

It's always been really important for me to try to maintain a balanced life, professional and personal, and this was absolutely something that my husband and I had hoped for.

It's the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it's the hardest job.

I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.

It is the uncertainty of life that fills life with magnificence and beauty.

Without a doubt. I believe in fate the same way others believe in God. I do believe in fate.

Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.'

I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost.

I don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.

The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Traveling teaches us that we're all the same. Some of us just encounter more opportunities.

That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.

I sound like Warhol but only because I'm tired.