"My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance."

"My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little."

"There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win."

"My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up."

"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"It is a humble truth that the ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat."

"There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress."