We live in an unsafe world.

You're never too fat for a new purse.

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

When I write something, I constantly rewrite.

I don't work that much because I am selective.

My husband is an only child of only child parents.

Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal.

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.

Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other.

I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

You're as strong as the actors you're working with, your partners.

Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.

I'm a private person who doesn't relish making her personal life public.

I love romance. I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love.

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.

America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.

I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there.

Women are so many things. We're sisters, mothers, wives. There are so many things we encompass.

I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.

It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.

I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors.

We would not have 'America's Funniest Home Videos' without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude.

Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

I'm not one of those people that can suddenly start running and hire a Pilates trainer; it's just not my thing.

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are.

I was a very studious student and usually got A's. I did not like school, because I wasn't popular - I was a nerd.

Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.

It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.

I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness!

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.

I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person.

Ever since I became a parent, time moves far too quickly. My vision always feels like I'm wearing giant kaleidoscope-goggles.

Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.'

It was a sad process for me to become a mom, and a long process. I felt so embarrassed that I couldn't have a biological child.

Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration.

We absolutely have to support our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We just must. It's not fair that they don't get to live an authentic life.

I had worked for ten years in theater; I had worked at Second City in Chicago. Then I got to Hollywood, and I was like, naively, 'Where's my pilot?'

The white hot publicity that came from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' was appreciated but not sought, so I was happy to walk away from it and then write.

You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.

I write through improvisation. I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.

The popular girls let me hang out with them because I was funny. They told me that. 'You're not popular, but you're funny.' Now all my friends are funny.

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