She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

I had prepared myself for the second half of my life [to be] filled with other passions that don't include being in front of the camera. And then all of a sudden I got more work and more work and more work. And I went, "Well maybe things have shifted." And I think they have.