Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

I'm a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it's healthy. I've never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.

Eric Lewis doesn't play the piano, he devours it. He doesn't play music, he channels the divine.

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.