I think so many people give us ideas of what we are. I think as women especially, because we're sensitive by nature, we're more vulnerable, we absorb other people's ideas about what we're supposed to think or who we're supposed to be and how we're supposed to act.

One year I was given a birthday present I'll never forget - a cooking lesson from Jamie Oliver.

I am one of your biggest fans (Barack Obama), if not the biggest, and have been since the inception of your campaign....It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass...You're so handsome that I can't speak properly.

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

I first had a version of this at a Japanese monastery during a silent retreat-don't ask, it's a long story.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

Every time I have a bikini wax, Cameron Diaz holds me down.