I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.

I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.