Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.

I can certainly be part of the socialite group and walk those carpets every day, but I choose not to because I prefer to be grounded. You can't be at home and on the red carpet.

Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

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