I'm tall and smart. If you're aggressive and energetic it can be intimidating for people who aren't very smart themselves.

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.

I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed.

It's my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it's a luxury on a level that I didn't even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family.

Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.