Confidence is everything in this business.

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

I was all of these women. I've been a young mom; I've been a divorcée; I've been a single mom. I've been the working mom versus the nonworking mom.

I have a history, a long history of being stereotyped as a five-foot-two woman, which is very limiting. I've worked so hard to create characters that have dignity. And I think everybody knows that I have a very pro-woman message in my work - and in my life.

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 thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor.

No woman's getting hired because of her potential. I hope that we can invest more in female potential.