Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.

True love doesn't come to you it has to be inside you.

My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I don't know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there's still time.

I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.