The thriller genre in general, it's total foreign ground for me.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.

It's not rocket science to make a movie.

There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise.

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

I've got a couple of full-time jobs, since I'm raising a kid, so it's a lot.

There are so many things that I want so badly to tell you but I just can't.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Purchasing a large and expensive home during a real estate boom turned into the biggest financial mistake that I ever made.

Climate change is like my head: it’s not visible in every instance, but I’m pretty darn sure it’s there.

If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt by the one you want to trust and cherish you most of all.

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes

People talk a lot about the Jackson's but then when you think about it, there is quite a lot to talk about.

It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.

Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.

Courage is a function of process.