I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.
Life is about making mistakes. Death is about wishing you made more.
I almost resent the whole fashion thing. Good God- never wearing the same thing twice and all of those things. It's a pain in the ass.
I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up…and forgive
I wasn't a good waitress, but I was told that I was very nice and charming, so people liked me anyway.
Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. But I'm also doing really well. I'd be a robot if I said I didn't feel moments of anger, of hurt, of embarrassment... [but] You joke and say, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.
I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.
Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.
Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.
You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile.
Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.
It's a really nice thing to have so many fans and people that really care.
The best smell in the world is that man that you love.
I absolutely get more comfortable in my body and my skin as I get older, more than when I was in my 20s.
'Friends' will always remain friends.
I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it
Just be mindful of what you're doing.
Something about family and trying to relate it to the movie with, 'Oh, if I was to have a child how many kids do I want?' And 'do I want a boy or a girl?' I didn't realize you could place orders, I honestly didn't realize it was like a drive-through, that you could talk to a little electronic voice.
I was a dumpy teenager. My mum was a model and was all about looks, so I rebelled by going goth. It took me years of peeling back the onion to finally stop using make-up as a mask and feel comfortable in my skin.
I'm really happy. Really! I think people honestly just want to see me as a mum and married and barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. And I just want to say, 'Everybody, relax! It's going to happen.'
When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?
When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.
What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?
People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy.
The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!
Are men intimated by sexually confident women, you ask? I think men are intimated by any woman who says they are sexually confident, at no matter what age.
As women, we do feel like we have to live up to an expectation, whether it's on camera or going to the market or whatever it is. And the truth of the matter is, that's not always the way it is. We don't always have our high heels on, we don't always have our makeup on.
OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.
You just have to work really hard to tune out the noise and the static. Because it gets louder, and people really have an opinion, and you don't want to shy away from taking chances for fear of what people will say, or living in the wreckage of the future [of] what may be if I do this.
Yoga calms me down. It's a therapy session, a workout and meditation all at the same time!
I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.
I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.
I think that's the great thing about being with, having a dog, is it kind of forces you to be in the present because that's definitely where they're spending their time.
I just want to keep trying to surprise myself and I want to keep challenging myself.
Maybe it's a fairy tale, but I believe in happily ever after.
I'm enjoying simplifying things.
I feel sexy in my jeans and wearing my boyfriend's T-shirt.
I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural.
My routine is get up, have a cup of coffee, make a shake, have a workout, go walk the dog.
There's always a different energy when you're surrounded by a group of women creatives.
I always try to sleep for at least eight hours a night and, of course, water, water, water!
I think a good relationship is about collaboration.
I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.
I wanted to be a therapist if the acting didn't work. I also did a lot waitressing and odd jobs. I'd audition but couldn't get hired to save my life. I'd do Off-Broadway theatre and that was great and I was excited and thrilled, feeling like, 'Well, it's Off-Broadway, but there's still the Broadway in there.'
I love to entertain. And I love the sound of people enjoying themselves.
The thing about chemistry, it's sort of you get along with a person and then sort of if the movie does well, then you have great chemistry.
It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character.
I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you're so protected and isolated.
Obviously, when I learn about something new that I can do in my everyday life that makes a whole lot of sense and can help the environment, I do it. Eventually, it just becomes second nature. If we all begin to learn from one another and share some of the things we do, we just might be able to affect the world for the better through these little rituals. In a curious way, this would be a great wave of awareness: doing the right thing without being told to or having to think why.
When your parents split up, it's impossible to delude yourself about fairytale romance and happy endings.
I think we have to change our perspective. I don't think life stops after 50 - if anything, it gets more and more exciting. For some reason, we don't honor or pay respect to aging. It's something that we look at as a negative, and yet every single person on this planet does it. I don't understand why it's not something that's celebrated, why there's some sort of an expiration date on who you are as a person worth watching and a story being told about you. It makes absolutely no sense.
I don't like injustice. We're living in a time where, whether it's the Internet or tabloids, being sh-tty has become a sport. We're just grown-up bullies.
She's been there for me in a lot of ways, and she really is just the most dependable and loyal and funny as all get out. I mean, she just cracks me up. Constantly.
Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'
You train your man to do nothing.
I call it the 'doll house,' ... It's absolutely gorgeous, especially at this time of year. It's a crisp sky and, you know, if we wake up on a clear morning, and then I take little Norm out for a walk, have a little coffee on the deck.
Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.
I'm a Pilates person. It's great. I had a hip problem. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip problem and it's completely solved all of it. I love it. It makes me feel like I'm taller.
Eating and exercising should be conscious decisions.
I don't have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, andif they're not checked, then I've failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman because I haven't birthed a child. I've birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I've mothered many things. And I don't feel like it's fair to put that pressure on people.
Everyone is so addicted to their damn phone. It's sad to see the filmmaker's work diminished down to a computer screen.
I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.
You have to be really comfortable in your skin. You have to start with being in love with you are, with who you've become.
I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.
Thirties. Go to therapy. Clean up all of the sh-t. Clean up all of the toxins and the noise. Understand who you are. Educate yourself on the self.
I don't know why women feel an affinity with me.
True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.
I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.
Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.
I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.
I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.
Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up.
I saw A Little Romance [and] I was so in love with Laurence Olivier. I watched that movie over and over and just fell in love with love.
My approach is just being conscious of everything.
I actually will always stop and watch [Friends episodes], not for the whole thing, but usually because I've forgotten a lot of the episodes. It's sort of fun for a second, I'm like, what's this one? And sometimes it comes back to me. I always know what year it was by what length my hair was or what color.
You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.
I think it's always important to reflect anyway, no matter what age you're approaching or what milestone is in front of you. Reflection should be almost a daily thing if possible.
When I come residence from an evening out with my honey and my make-up's just a little smudged. I have many moments when I really feel lovely. It's all about having that inside confidence.
For the last year and a half, I went from being a crazy workout girl to sort of saying, "My body wants a little bit a of break." So I kind of stay with more simple stuff and taking walks and not being neurotic about working out and eating right. I started to enjoy life a little bit more. The only downside to that is there's that couple extra pounds and about 4,000 pregnancy rumors, but you know, other than that, it feels great.
You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat.
I'm excited about what the future holds. I'm not a fortune-teller; I have no idea how it will play out. People say, "What are you going to do?" I don't know. I kind of love that not knowing.
Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.
If our bodies aren't being taken care of then our work starts to suffer and we're not getting the most from our daily lives.
I think when I was younger, it was like - who cares? You don't realize the longterm effects. It takes its toll, which is I think why I'm better about it and take care of my body now more than ever.
Women are realizing it more and more knowing that they don't have to settle with a man just to have that child. Times have changed and that is also what is amazing is that we do have so many options these days.
When you're doing a movie, you're in a vacuum, just going, "Well, that's done. Let's see what happens."
My hair has never been my greatest feature, so that was funny enough unto itself that my hair became so focused on.
My world. My rules. I would command everyone to do so many things! Be kind. Oh, I would command everyone to stop buying tabloids!
A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.
There are no regrets in life, just lessons.
I am grateful to learn from their mistakes, because I am not injecting s- into my face. I see them and my heart breaks. I think, 'Oh God, if you only know how much older you look.' They are trying to stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won't let themselves just age. I also have a fiancé who will put a gun to my head if I touch my face in any way.
When you accept a role in a pilot, you automatically sign up for five years. You think it's scary to walk down the aisle? Try signing a five-year contract for a show you may not want to be part of down the road.
They always say 'youth is wasted on the young' - there's something to that.
One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of fragrance oils and pretty bottles at the bachelorette party. Everyone puts a drop or two in a bottle for the bride and makes a wish, and the bride wears our creation on her wedding day.
The ultimate is finding a place where you have no inhibitions, nothing to hide, where you can learn with one another.
I'd say a little over a year ago I started doing TM [Transcendental Meditation] and that's really changed everything.
People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't. But I can pretty much find humor in anything. That is a necessary part of life. I don't want to say laughter is healing, because it sounds corny, but it's a release.
I always say 'Don't make plans, make options'.
If I programmed my own TV network, it would air good news! Just positive stories. Heroic stories. Cute puppy dogs doin' stuff.
Don't wait until life has given you an expiration date to live.
I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because you have a little bit more freedom.
Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there.
There are many stages of grief. It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way -- cracks you open to feeling. When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain. I'm a human being, having a human experience in front of the world. I wish it weren't in front of the world. I try really hard to rise above it.
Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discovering who that person really is. If you can stay connected through that process of raw vulnerability, I think you have a shot at the prize of knowing and accepting another human being for who and what they really are after years of highs and lows.
If you only love 70% of yourself, that's what is going to come back to you.
My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.
If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice.
Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.
To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.
A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.
It gets so boring you know just to do the same thing over and over again.
It's impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.
What I look for is a man who can be a friend, someone who is an equal and one with whom I feel comfortable. I want to be happy and loved, and not settling for something second best and less than I deserve. But a relationship of and by itself is not what is going to make this gal survive - a relationship is the cherry on the top of the cake
Cancer affects all of us, whether you're a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.
I don't know. I don't like girls whining and complaining about wanting a man! I never liked "Sex and the City", the kind of thing where women only feel empowered once they find The Man. It is just not up my alley. I don't believe in it. There is nothing you can control about love.
The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.
Your body will tell you what it needs.
There was the period where I wanted to be a therapist, if the acting thing didn't work. That was pretty much it. I don't know why. I was just always the girl that people would come and talk to about their problems.
The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.
I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And with all the love in the world, my mom looked at me and said, 'Oh, honey, you're so funny.' So, she doesn't lie to me...she answers the question by not answering and instead tells me what she thinks is my greatest strength.
I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.
Relationships are two people; everyone is accountable. A lot goes into a relationship coming together, and a lot goes into a relationship falling apart. Even if it's 98 percent the other person's fault, it's 2 percent yours.... You can only clean up your side of the street.
I would say sleep can always be emphasized - I didn't do it enough in my 20s, because you don't think you need it.
I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.
If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell.
