I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

I like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I'm more womanly. I feel sexier.

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 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.

I'm not a politician, She says evenly. If I want to be one, I'll run for office. Susan Sarandon, whom I know and love, is a fantastic actress. It's her right as an American to say whatever she wants. [But] just because you're rich and famous doesn't qualify you to make political statements. I don't put my opinions out there to influence people. You have alot of influence. And sometimes I feel it's undeserved influence.

I'm at a point in my life where I could make 20 more movies, but I want to make 20 more movies that matter to me.