When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

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.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

If you empower women, you can change the world.

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.