I don't like working by a monitor. I stand right next to the camera, and I'm very performance-oriented. That really means everything to me, whether it's doing an improv of a joke or an emotional scene, and everything in between.

Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me.

But it's all about confidence and allowing yourself to put your personality into it. I really am the worst singer on the planet; I make people cry and vomit when I sing.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.

I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.