Quotes

I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.

Growing up, I wanted to be a journalist. I was in love with Lisa Ling, who's a broadcast journalist and who travels the world. I used to read all of her articles and watch her when she'd go to China or South Africa or Australia. I thought that was the coolest job because she got to travel and tell people's stories.

I love Viola Davis. I call her 'Queen.' I think she's phenomenal. She's so raw and so bold. When I first saw her was in 'Doubt,' and she just changed everything for me. Her performance was unlike anything I had ever seen before, and I think she's phenomenal.

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.

I don't like to diet, so I work out with a trainer a few times a week. We do kickboxing and strengthening - it's hard! I also do yoga and love to walk everywhere. I live in Brooklyn, so walking is the best way to discover the city and the neighbourhoods.

I like a man who smells manly. I love the smell of nature.

I love Weleda Skin Food and Avene's Moisture Mask, especially if I've been travelling. Weleda also makes great deodorants and body oils - my mum introduced me to them long ago.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality.

I really love comedy and weirdly enough, I love how my journey has ended up. I get to laugh all day long.

I feel really grateful that I am in comedy, and I love doing it.

I love being a part of a romantic comedy. I've done a lot of comedies but haven't always had a ton of romance in them.

I loved working with Eva Longoria.

I love to cook really fattening things, like steak and pasta and potatoes.

I would love to have more actress friends, but I just don't.

I do love giving advice, but I try not to forget how flawed I am as well. And how many mistakes I've made.

People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size.

I love being in Ojai. It's kind of a travel destination because I drive to it from Los Angeles. I also love Italy.

Don't be afraid to get your hands in the dirt. Buy gloves if you are squeamish about it.

I love salt. Then again, who doesn't?

I stopped using plastic cooking spoons years ago and love my bamboo spoons and spatulas by Bambuhome.

If you make a huge pot of soup, you can freeze part of it and eat off it for days. I love making green bean soup, and I'll throw in some cashews, almonds or tofu, and voila, I've got a soup that's loaded with protein and vegetables.

That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.