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

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.

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.

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

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.