I find that things don't bother me as much. If I had a bad day on set, it sort of just rolls of my back in a way that it didn't before. So that's where the biggest difference is, stuff that used to get under my skin or that I would worry about or be anxious about just isn't a problem. So in some ways, having a child has been very liberating. I found it very liberating.

Ask "why" until there is no more "why."

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that.