It's important to being a healthy person. So while you're here on the earth, you might as well enjoy it. And it's hard to enjoy things when you're crazy.

I think that everything's hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.

Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

As a woman, you listen to more female singers, like guys listen to more rock bands. So in that way, they influence you because you're trying to create an identity; you look to others to model.

Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

In L.A., it's easy to get caught up in what you look like or how much money you have, and those aren't values I want my kids to adopt.