When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things.

Baking is my business, and it will always come first.

You never know when you're going to get an opportunity.

Living on the Gulf Coast, we often have to go through dangerous situations, whether you're a child, an adult or a senior citizen.

My kids are the most important people in the world to me.

Everything that I do in my life is geared towards my kids and their survival and giving them the best education that I can possibly give them and the best home that I can possibly give them.

I love California. I love Hollywood.

I can't pass on an acting career to my kids. But I'm going to try to juggle both.

They say I'm a natural, I have natural charisma. People say that. I don't know.

I constantly worry about my family and my kids. 'Are they O.K., what are they doing right now?'

I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that.

A person who loves you through your idiosyncrasies, despite the tiny inclusions, is a diamond worth keeping.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.

He was the tallest, thinnest, weariest boy I had ever seen in my life. He was brilliant. He had gorgeous brown eyes, and he had only two suits. He was completely unhappy, and I didn't know why.

Quick, name some towns in New Jersey

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

Theres a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.

I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

It sounds so stupid, so basic, but when you are really in a grateful state, you are like a magnet for joy.