Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don’t judge my characters.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.