"My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education."

"We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way."

"Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it."

"I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers."

"Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger."

"My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet."

"It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards."

"After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it."