Being in front of a camera, in a nice dress, getting all dressed up is extreme. There's a lot of other extreme situations, you know, just getting out of bed sometimes is extreme - but I do it. Just got to do it, just got to get up. Put your sweatpants on, brush off the dog hair and just get out of the house!

I watched a documentary about Freedom Riders. One young woman told her parents, 'I'm going to leave college to ride and represent the future.' I thought, 'Who would do that now?' Who would do that for my son?"

I admire actresses who are good to women. I don't like the ones who just don't like women. You can feel it. They're degrading themselves.

Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person.

I was a little worried that the familiarity would be a little weird, but I think for me everything is musical in my life. For me, timing is a rhythm.

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

I was raised in Washington, DC in a household where one parent was a Republican and the other was a Democrat, so I got both sides.