At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

I never just slide through anything. I explore everything to the fullest, whether good or bad.

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.