Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.

I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.

God, America is a country predicated on listening to everybody. When did we stop listening to one another?

I was debating whether to do Legally Blonde, and I saw this interview with Gloria Steinem about how important Goldie Hawn's role in Private Benjamin was for women; by the end of the movie, the character socked her fiancé in the face at the altar because he didn't understand who she'd become through her journey. I was like, "I feel like Gloria Steinem told me to do Legally Blonde. That's how Elle Woods is too!"

You're an actress! It's not about your ideas! You're there to tell other people's stories.

Never drink to feel better, only drink to feel even better.