"My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much."

"When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you."

"I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious."

"Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status."

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

"I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form."

"It is a enduring truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope."