Quotes

My mother passed away when I was 19. She always made me feel confident, and I've carried that feeling with me my entire life. It's helped me in this industry, where people are sizing up your looks.

My favorite pair of shoes I've worn for a role would have to be the brown Vera Wang combat boots that Jo wears in her everyday life away from the hospital on 'Grey's Anatomy.' I love them because they are also something I would wear in my everyday life.

It sounds, especially in this day and age, sort of snobbish, but we left school at 16, nobody went on to university unless you were a real brainbox. Instead, we went to Paris and Florence and learned about life and culture and how to behave with people, how to talk to people.

We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place in the grown-up world.

For about a year, when we lived at Middlewick, I couldn't really go anywhere. But the children came and went as normal - they just got on with it - and so did great friends. I would pass the time by reading a lot - more than I'd ever have been able to in a normal life.

I was very lucky to have a father who read to us when we were children. And he didn't just read books - he brought them alive. We couldn't wait for the next chapter. So my love of reading started early and has stayed with me all my life.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it.

I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.

I want all of my girlfriends to enjoy each other because life is too short.

Having a mother with an illness and being there for her, and being there for my children I just realize how precious life is.

I'm just so grateful I had a wonderful surrogate who carried our two children. I have two amazing angels in my life that I love so much. They are such a gift and a blessing from God.

You never know what's going to happen so just enjoy the moments that you have with the people you love and cherish them. Let them know that you love them and how much you appreciate them being in your life.

My life and focus are my children, and caring for my mother with her health issues. So when I'm with my friends I want to enjoy their company and not get wrapped up in the distractions.

I want peace in my life.

I think having a sense of humor is just as important a coping mechanism as it is a gift for everyday life.

I am not saying that I have never had an insecure moment in my life, I, like most people, have had many.

I do have many close girlfriends; these relationships are paramount in my life.

It's hard to expose your personal life publicly, and everyone has an opinion.

I think keeping your family close and having them support you helps you so much, and also having a good man in your life, and I have a lot of great friends too.

I'm used to homebody, work-mode Rob. Snuggles and movies. Once the offseason hits, we definitely have our fun times in Miami or Vegas, and he is the life of the party.

I like to think of my life as very spontaneous and new all the time.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.