I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.

Even in the first world, expectations are not as high for women as they are for men. We get that message subtly, but in the third world, it isn't subtle. Girls are isolated and encouraged not to talk to one another.

Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.