It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.
Even to me, as I was trying to tell the government what had happened, it just didn't seem to matter.
I was anorexic-bulimic when I was 16-17. It was a top secret that time, but these things always are.
I suppose every time [something bad happens], I have that instinct to make that joke that distracts.
I have a real aversion to sentimentality, but I also really want to write about love and friendship.
I really like listening to music when I'm hiking or exercising. I don't like hearing myself breathe.
There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.
Lord knows, every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.
Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.
C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.
I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.
I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.
I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.
It's just never been in my nature to go out there and go on a red carpet to say, 'Oh, publicize me!'
You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.
I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.
The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character.
The deepest gift you can learn in life is about self-love, and that's not going to happen overnight.
It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't be putting it in your body or in your environment.
My twin in the show is Molly Stanton who is so sweet and great and she is totally different from me.
I haven't heard anything about a reunion show for Sisters. But if the script was good I would do it.
People tell me what to do every single day. They think I'm boring. I'm Disney kid. So, there's that.
I never know if it's the right choice I'm making. It's always weird going from one place to another.
Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back.
Whatever it is, I give it my all. You have to do everything you want in this one life that you have.
I don't like L.A. I've always said that, and people hate on me for it. I don't really like the city.
I'm sure 'Boxing Helena' will eclipse 'Twin Peaks' and Audrey Home for me. If people here go see it.
Every time I think I'd want a huge, huge career, I realize I'd go crazy under that kind of scrutiny.
I can't wait to be seen as a woman. But I know I probably have to contribute to that with behaviour.
I like all of the mental, psychological thriller movies too. I enjoy horror movies across the board.
If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.
If you were to do a line-up of past suitors, it's definitely a very eclectic group, is all I'll say.
I'd hate to be really beautiful on telly and then have everyone go, 'It's all make-up and lighting.'
There are just more roles for me in America. Sadly. Because I love working in Britain. It's my home.
My main focus is on becoming a new mom and giving the best of myself to my husband and growing baby.
Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.
Sometimes what happens is that, when you micromanage actors and moments, it just doesn't quite live.
My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.
I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I
I love everything about entrepreneurship and about owning your career and doing what you love to do.
Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.