“Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.”
“You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, Aren't we kind of the same age?”
“I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.”
“I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.”
“Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.”
“I was always reading those beauty magazines and wanting to become this unattainable thing.”
“The best smell in the world is that man that you love.”
“I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.”
“To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.”
“My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.”
“You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.”
“OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.”
“I'm not one aspect of the human experience - none of us is.”
“Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.”
“I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.”
“I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.”
“I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.”
“Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.”
“I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.”
“That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny.”
“I read a lot of scripts that I just don't find very funny.”
“My hair has never been my greatest feature, so that was funny enough unto itself that my hair became so focused on.”
“I'm not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.”
“I really am pretty happy with what God gave me.”
“I've gone for each type: the rough guy the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.”
“Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'”
“I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.”
“Marriage is wonderful.”
“Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.”
“What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?”
“I have been pregnant in so many movies it's ridiculous.”
“There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.”
“Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.”
“People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.”
“A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.”
“I think a good relationship is about collaboration.”
“I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural.”
“My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.”
“It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way - cracks you open to feeling.”
“You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile.”
“I want to see friends more and travel more.”
“One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of fragrance oils and pretty bottles at the bachelorette party. Everyone puts a drop or two in a bottle for the bride and makes a wish, and the bride wears our creation on her wedding day.”
“Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there.”
“I think there are opportunities for women in comedies - how zany is up to them.”
“I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.”
“I don't know why women feel an affinity with me.”
“Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated.”