In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I though….

I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn’t go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school….

That's how I prepare for anything - I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I'm a bit of a nerd like that..

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it..

The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway..

I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s, and I've not ….

I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster..

Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin..

Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well..

I've always been really comfortable around athletics, I've just never been comfortable playing anything..

If I had a project that I had auditioned for and I was getting close to getting it, I didn't want to tell anybody because I thought then I wouldn't g….

I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet..

I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I….

We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy..

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct wa….

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?.

I have a small child, so the idea of getting up at 3 a.m. to train before a day of shooting... I just don't have it in me, although I have so much re….

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras..

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled..

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about th….

I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes..