I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

I've always been an environmentalist, but my life changed the day I had children. I realized that I wasn't doing enough to protect the planet. People need nature, and of course I want my children to have the best possible opportunity in life. I also realized how important it was for me to raise them to be conscientious people that are aware of their impact on the earth.

People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else.

Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.

The jobs don't get married. The people get married.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.