I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.

Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

I like going on location for films.

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

The world is still very bigoted.

Friendships don't last forever, but make sure you make the most of them before it's gone.

People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way.

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.

Reading is fundamental - fun to mental.

Julius Peppers is a beast, man. I dont know how many pounds he outweighs me by... I still try to do things like him to make my game better.

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.

Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books

I want to get a gold star. And I know that there are places that I need to go in order to get the story right. I'd rather do it right than have to do it twice.

Working with existing pictures, like I do, you constantly think about the flood of images we are subjected to and you want to figure out how you can make sense of it.