I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!

As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?

I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your couch.

I'm attracted to things that make me want to be a better person.