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“That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.”
“Confidence is everything in this business.”
“There are things in my life that are hard to reconcile, like divorce. Sometimes it is very difficult to make sense of how it could possibly happen. Laying blame is so easy. I don't have time for hate or negativity in my life. There's no room for it.”
“I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do not worry about them growing up - because they have great values and a great sense of self.”
“I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.”
“It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.”
“I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.”
“There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.”
“I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.”
“I love to sing around the house and in the car, but my daughter hates it.”
“I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody.”
“Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me.”
“My ex-husband is very involved in raising our beautiful children. We're very lucky because we both grew up in working families in middle America. We're on the same page that way.”
“I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.”
“I literally think I look bad in every picture.”
“I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.”
“That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.”
“Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.”
“I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession, feel they are helping people on a daily basis, and that was inculcated in me as a value. I had to struggle with giving up the idea of becoming a doctor myself.”
“It's fun chasing boys, especially when you're young, but I think it takes time and life experience to notice the other boys.”