You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, "Congratulations, you have an actor!"

If you have the opportunity to play these characters that are three-dimensional and very deeply rooted in an emotional level, they stay with you. They lived in you anyway, the density of them. It takes a while to realize how they've influenced you.

Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.

Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.

'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.