I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.

Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.

Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.

The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn’t matter what body it came out of. I’ve never felt more strongly about anything in my life.