More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn't get to these political impasses if we had balance in storytelling.

You do the best you can. But it's hard. When I find things egregiously misrepresentative of women, I'll make a point to say to my son, "Turn that off. I don't want to see women behave that way.

I always let my husband read the script so he knows what's about to happen to his wife. When I played Cheryl Strayed in Wild, I'd get really mad about certain things, I'd say really profound things, and I'd curse out of nowhere. He'd say, "Are you you, or are you Cheryl?"

The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back.

God bless that women are free in America. We can say what we want, and I do think women will heal the world.

You can learn a lot about yourself with what youre doing and who youre with on a sunday.

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