I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.

I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to.

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

You can't go through life without your heart being bruised or broken. Otherwise, you're not truly, fully, a person.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

If you are strong enough to face Fear of Failure, Fear of Rejections, and Fear of Criticism, that's the sign of Success.

Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.

and just like that, I shut off the switch to my brain.

Jazz music is a language of the emotions.

For most of the movies that I've done, we've shot in a contemporary house, in contemporary clothes, speaking in a contemporary way. So, I really enjoy that. It really helps.

Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the dignity of each human person.

I think it's increasingly hard to have deep self-knowledge without entering the darkness in some way.

We always sold 4 or 5 million records no matter what we did.

Free trade should not mean free labor.