All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

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

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

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