I feel a huge responsibility to anyone who's younger than me, in helping them take the road less traveled, or finding no road at all and blazing a new trail.

Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

I hate the word assistant. No one works for me. I work with everyone because I couldn't do anything without the people that I work with.

Motherhood is beautiful. Everything [my son] does makes me so happy.

I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention.

Free is the best. Anything free is good.