I will just think, why am I singing? Then I will know everything I need to know about what I'm feeling.

It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

There are a lot of women who feel that they have done all the work in their relationship only for someone else to step in and take the love and credit for it.

There's a lot of life on the planet that needs love, wants love, deserves love, in whatever capacity we are able.

If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.

That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.