Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

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

I realised that conforming didn't accomplish anything. Do your own thing. As long as you learn that, you're cool.

I didn't watch any films. This film, The Proposal, had it all in the script. Once all the pieces, once I met Anne Fletcher and I knew what she wanted and that we wanted the same things, and once they said Ryan Reynolds was on board and once the casting came together, you saw what it wanted to be.

If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.

To me, true beauty isn't something that will wash off in the shower at the end of the day. It's something that's still there, before you go to bed and wake up in the morning. And, you know, they always say that's inner beauty, but it is.

I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.