In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit. Sometimes the first draft will come out at 200 pages. I think and think and I go, "um this story is about the brother that appears on page 178." I go back and I rewrite.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.