Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values?

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

We cannot elect men to office who are afraid of premature evacuation.

When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.

It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. I didn't really want to be an actor. I didn't really love it. And so I made a lot of mistakes. Oddly, I care much more about it now. I feel like a complete novice.

Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it's to be whole.