I was an ugly kid; when I was born, after the doctor cut the cord, he hung himself..

Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.

It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now..

When I was a kid I got no respect. I had no friends. I remember the see-saw. I had to keep runnin' from one end to the other..

My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having ….

If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if you can say ….

Where ever you are be all there.

The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part..

I couldn't be more thankful to get my start on a soap opera. It was the hardest job I ever had. Got to practice in front of the camera, like, every d….

I really have been enjoying performing more lately than I have in a long time and you know, it's all about that sort of centered feeling that I have ….

When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a poor ….

In Blue Crush , we meet three Hawaiian surfers who work as hotel maids, live in a grotty rental, and are raising the kid sister of one of them. Despi….

The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways.

Every time I come off-set, I am just like a normal kid again..

there are many Africas..

Success feeds confidence..

I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the lessons that I learned through….

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It rea….

When I was a kid I got no respect. I played hide-and-seek. They wouldn't even look for me..

Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't do….

When my sons arrived in the family, their legal status was not ambiguous at all. They were our kids. But their wants and affections were still atroph….