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

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin.

I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.

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!"

We need to give artists a lot of free room to create.

I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said.