I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

How you live your life can affect your mental state.

I got back into the position of taking care of my husband, which is what I'd learned that I couldn't really do: you can love and make things okay to a certain extent, but you can't fix. I didn't quite learn that until the kayaking incident. It became so clear then.

I spent a lifetime giving my power away, assuming that everybody knew better what was right for me than me. And then there comes a point in your life you go, Oh, wait a second! There's an a-ha moment when you realize that the only person that can delegate your future is you.

I say to people, keep it simple. If you want to change your food, change your breakfast.

If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.