I like Yoga. I run. I go hiking. I'm very active. I like being outside.

It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.

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

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.

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.

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was.