We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.


I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.

I've inherited a kind of... willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.

Empathy goes a long way, for sure. We cannot have healthy, loving, mutually respectful relationships without it. But we're not psychic. At least I'm not. And intuition can only take you so far, especially when a person's sense of safety, comfort, and self-worth hangs in the balance.

It takes courage to acknowledge uncertainty. And nothing is more attractive than demonstrating to another person that he or she is of value to you.

I don't do anything artificial. I don't do Botox or surgery.

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

I love yoga breathing exercises; they're very helpful.