I think it took me a long time to realize that you can't really score unless someone passes you the ball. The older you get as a woman, it's fewer and far between. The material isn't there.

I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster.

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room.

The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.

I usually try on at least 20 pairs of jeans before I find something that looks good on me. And even then, I have a trustworthy friend tell me if my butt looks big!

I certainly don't believe in love at first sight. I definitely believe in a lot of chemistry and lust at first sight. I think that love is something that takes work.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.

I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.

Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.

I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it.

Never send a boy to do a woman’s job, Irma.” - Payton Kendall

It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city.

They were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing.

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.