I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue..

But I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top I want it on the side and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it if ….

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened..

If you empower women, you can change the world..

Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody..

Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying magazines, join….

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them..

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be ….

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you..

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!..

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house..

Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway..

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise..

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst..

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have..

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does..

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols..

My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people a….

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distra….

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia..

Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to ….