My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.

Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.

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!"

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.

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

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.