Costumes, fashion, it's all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries - the more that people work at creating alternative ideas - the more it changes people's ideas of beauty.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

We’re more than just our dresses.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Confidence is everything in this business.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

If you're not yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

When we look and feel happy, it’s beautiful and more attractive than anything we could possibly imagine.

Carefully guard your true self. Let no mistake or error you commit create doubt in you and who you truly are.

Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.

I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time

The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.

You cannot imagine how it spoils one to have been a child prodigy.

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.

A sense of humor is an escape valve for the pressures of life.

We feel something like respect for consistency even in error. We lament the virtue that is debauched into a vice; but the vice that affects a virtue becomes the more detestable.