Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

You know, I do projects that I really care about. I hope I'll stand by that until the day I die!

I was the kind of girl who'd peep through her bedroom keyhole to check if her dolls were moving.

Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.

But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.

I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's

I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.

Part of what I love about television is that my imagination gets to keep going. It doesn't stop.

I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me yet.

There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.

Obviously my career's important to me and I'm really, really passionate about trying to keep it.

There's something about looking at society's expectation of what [motherhood] is and tipping it.

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.

Considering what the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film is about, I wouldn't be able to play Anastacia.

I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.

I would love to work with Kristin Wiig one day. I find her hilarious, and I totally idolize her.

Most people don't know that I'll eat anything spicy. A little extra kick is always a good thing!

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

I exercise as much as I can. If I don't exercise, I feel sluggish. i try to do 30 minutes a day.

I have an amazing husband who is a strong man of God. He is very dedicated to me and our family.

I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes.

Have a colourful plate. I make a spinach salad with things like blueberries, apples and carrots.

I'm just going to let people watch whatever little movie they think our lives are and go for it.

I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what any role does for me.

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate.

I really don't use that much make up - I'm pretty natural. I wear even less of it in the summer.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.'

When you go to Marvel, they lock you in a room with the scripts; they really are that secretive.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.

Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.

Ultimately everyone, no matter who you are, we all at our core want to just know that we matter.

Even in the most grieving of losses, or whatever sort of pain you're sitting in, we can bear it.

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