But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter and suddenly having an actor say your words and making them come to life. That I can understand. Finally, I'm starting to understand this.

Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs?

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry.

I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.

I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness.