If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.

Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can really understand what's that about.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.

I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.

When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had.