It's just person after person in every different country that has a life that I can’t even imagine and has gone through horror that I can’t even imagine.

If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.

I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor. I thought I would be good at helping some people with the grieving process and with trying to get them to talk about and understand who this person was.

It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming to New Orleans and the rest of the region, but as well all know, it is simply not going to be enough.

To do something good, it has to scare you.

I don't see the point of doing an interview unless you're going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I'm extremely human and have done some dark things I don't think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I'd like to think it's the nice thing to do.

That just sounds so funny, A-list. Really, I'm a mom, and that's how I'm going to be all my life.