My dad has always just had a lot of faith in me as an artist and as a person, and he doesn't really dispense with a lot of advice when it comes to the music. He's taught me a lot over the years, but when I was taking on this project he's really hands-off about that. He just appreciates what I've done and is very supportive, and of course really proud.

Sometimes when people have kids young, they're not ready.

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the same thing.

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.