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

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

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

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.