I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.

It is challenging. I have my days where I feel really guilty that I've been here every day if I have to work a lot. But I am so lucky to live in a country where a girl like me can make this kind of living, achieve her dreams and reach her goals. And I don't think anywhere else in the world can girls have the freedom that we do here to have these amazing careers and be mothers.

I am who I am, a Southie.

Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're crazy.

Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.

Medicine is so fascinating.