Doing begets more doing. It sounds simple, but I’m a firm believer that action can solve so many worries, and just powering through, no matter what, ….

Exploring female rage on film doesn't frighten me - it might frighten a lot of people in my business, but, gosh, I know a lot about that, from person….

I have achieved a certain amount of success, and I felt a responsibility to my daughter and to women in this world to create more opportunities for w….

That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside.….

A [news] magazine printed a [photo-illustration] of me in a ball gown holding a vacuum cleaner, saying I started a company. Last time I checked, I'm ….

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not be….

If something seems frightening or horrible, I should probably do it..

I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor..

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me..

Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family..

Men rise through the ranks because of potential, but women have to prove themselves - while trying to have children and having no family leave..

I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession,….

This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry..

You hope you're saying the right things - but also, as a kid becomes a teenager, you feel like there's a ticking clock for you to tell them everythin….

For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version of it now, with macaroni and cheese and….

Growing up in the South, it was very patriarchal. When I applied to Stanford, I was told by a [male] college counselor, "You're never gonna get in, d….

We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It's a lovely place to be, but it's not extravagant..

Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs?.

I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning..

I played a lawyer in a movie so many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested..

People seem to really enjoy laughing at me..