I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family.

I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.

I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.

I've never been a blind romantic.

I think everything is going to be devastatingly sad - when the phone rings, I know somebody in my family's been hurt, somebody's going to die. I'm sure a therapist would go, 'That's not a good way to live,' but every time it's not that bad thing, I'm so thankful and appreciative.

It's sad when you say a $30 million film is an inexpensive film, but it is.

No one has proof that I know of, that a higher power exists, yet a major portion of the world believes in it and relies on it in faith in trust, in what that is. Where is the science in that? And yet you have incredible belief in that.

Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners.

I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring.

Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed' because it was a 'bus movie.'

Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful.