I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

I want to be with people I really like. I don't want to be working on things with people that I'm not happy to be there [with].

~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~

Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that's happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

I just feel like I'm in the world right now. There have been times when I haven't felt in the world, when I haven't cared whether I was going to be here or not, so my relationship with being on the earth was probably not as intense. And right now, there's an intensity - I want to be here.