I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

I always try to have a bigger picture view of my career. But that didn't mean that I didn't cry about not getting jobs.

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

Accept your failure, move on, and don't torture yourself.

I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.