The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously.

My father was really good at having me stand on my own two feet, both financially and philosophically. His whole parenting philosophy was to give my brother and me the skills to be grown-ups and the curiosity to ask the right questions.

I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not like being on set.

My drive is something that I don't fully understand.

Because I was newly pregnant, I was sick as a dog, yet I knew all my lines from a year before.

I don't hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating. It's very empowering, and I've learned a lot of that from Jay-Shawn Carter-Z, because his approach to life is very internal. It's a very good lesson to learn.