When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better.' And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time.

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Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift.

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I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.

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It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

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I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

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I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.

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Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

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You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself.

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Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

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