I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?

It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

I'm a believer in paying your dues.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.

Is that the destiny of all friendships, no matter how good they are? To die out or fade away? To end?

It would be difficult to convince me that leaning has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of my bowling.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance but an unsafe friend.

I've always been vertically challenged. I never grew at all until my junior year of high school-if you call that growing.

There are more stakes [in Mary and Jane], which is always good.

In the teen years, we often confuse self-image with self-esteem. Teenagers are very influenced by the image others have of them. All sorts of complexes come from this.

Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay

I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.

If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.