The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

But I think for me, why I was drawn to the piece is, at the core of the story, it's a love story to me - between Ed and Lorraine, between these two families who are asking for help and us who are in the business of giving help.

I have a lot of frustration with religion, organized religion, because it's man-made, because it's man-regulated. And it has nothing to do with my relationship with God.

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.