Mamie Gummer

“Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.”

“I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.”

“My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.”

“I'd like to learn how to cook. I've hauled around this big, old, heavy Martha Stewart cookbook in my suitcase to Cape Cod, L.A., Paris. I don't know what possessed me.”