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.

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

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 grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish or Muslim, there are certain rules and regulations. But my parents instilled in me the importance of defining God for yourself.

I love to be surprised.