Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my heart, happy with my life, and OK with whatever bumps in the road present themselves.

It gets so boring you know just to do the same thing over and over again.

Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely.

I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.

I was always reading those beauty magazines and wanting to become this unattainable thing.

I'd say a little over a year ago I started doing TM [Transcendental Meditation] and that's really changed everything.