I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.

You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

I'm afraid of the dark, so I have a lot of night-lights.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea.