Josh [Gad] does such an amazing job playing a lovable idiot. Not many people can do that, as convincingly as he can.

I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.

I'm unfortunately very verbose too often.

I do have a dirty sense of humor.

When I left college, I was out of work for three years. I had this dream of being on 'SNL,' and that was all I could imagine.

When you have a kid, it changes your life. It reminds you, this is my life now: I'm responsible for this tiny person. It's so surreal.

Hollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it.

I love polarizing people.

I was trained as a straight dramatist.

In real life, Josh [Gad] is a different kind of lovable idiot. In real life, he's a much filthier idiot. He has a dirty sense of humor.

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.

Motherhood is a vocation like any other. It should be freely chosen, not imposed upon woman.

The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance.

The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.

But grief is also a tonic. It is a healing elixir, made of tears that lubricate the heart.

Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories

Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.

The goal we have set for ourselves, which is to diversify our cooperation with China, is making progress.