"Do what you love doing."

"The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes."

"I am such a scaredy-cat."

"Even when I'm spread thin there's never been a time where I've regretted helping others."

"The best thing a person can be is of-some-use."

"The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays."

"Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen."

"What a wonderful time for women on television."

"I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically."

"I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate."

"That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play."

"I'm gobsmacked that it's 2017 and women constantly worry about being seen as a bitch vs successful leader."

"We have raise our girls to celebrate their power and our boys to consider that an asset."

"I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me."

"I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice."

"You do your best work when you feel safe. "

"My love life is nobody's business... if I give it to 40 million people to read, what do I have left when I go home? I'm protective of my personal life that way."

"The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous."

"I think the whole world should try not talking for a day."

"It's really time for weak men to get out of the way and let us do our jobs."

"The hardest thing about being an actor, and especially when you're a woman trying to also have a family and a relationship, is to maintain some sort of normalcy."

"I love being my husbands wife."

"I drink too much coffee."

"Live your life truthfully, do what's right for you--not what others think is right for you."

"I do believe the balance lies in yourself. I can't say I can do it all, because I can't."

"If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day."

"Small gestures can have a big impact."

"We need to instill in young girls that age is a privilege. I like my mind more at 50 than I did at 30."

"I'm one of those strange people: I really love going to the gym."

"I'm always shocked when actors have diva-esque behavior."

"I don't understand executives that pit women against each other."

"I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss'."

"There's a profound difference between a man not fearing a woman and men actually respecting women."

"If you’re not there for yourself, you’ll be totally absent everywhere."

"I've always had a tomboy quality to me that I embrace and don't run away from. At the same time I'm a real girlie-girl."

"It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried."

"I can tend to over-think things."