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

I can't' really sing a song unless I really connect with the lyrics.

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

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

I think we do live in a very specialized society, where once you think about somebody as one thing, it's hard to change that. But I do a lot of things. I act, I write, I sing.