I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it was mortifying. You felt dirty for them. But now it's perfectly acceptable to read something like that. There's absolutely no taboo surrounding that kind of exploitation.

In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession.

I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.

I would [call myself a feminist], yes. I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still. I do think because women are so clever and flexible and such good communicators, it been hard for men to evolve and keep up. I think we could do a little better to help them out.

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level.

You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.

You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story.