My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

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

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

Ordinary people like you and me have the chance to make a tremendous difference for mothers and their children worldwide

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.