Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

I'd rather do 'She's So Lovely' that John Cassavetes wrote versus doing 'Batman.'

I honestly don't want to act anymore.

I remember calling directors numerous times and saying, 'Oh, you should cast so-and-so instead of me. They're much better for the role.'

Now that my kids are out of the house, I'm finally able to get to the classics I never read: Emily Bronte, Dylan Thomas, Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22.' It's endless. They're all in this gigantic pile next to my bed.

I think I've always been waiting for things to happen.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

I'm not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don't sell tickets. I've known that for a long time.

I run, lift weights and do yoga to stay in shape.

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

From the time I was wee big, my mother was one of the first members of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Women going door-to-door and letting housewives have their own business - that was really a breakthrough. It was huge.

I always look for variety. I always want to run the gamut.

I'm a hedonist when it comes to culinary delights.

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.

Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.

I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.'

Dark chocolate-covered blueberries are my favorite sweet.

I grew up very fast as a young girl, but I grew slowly into my womanhood.

I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don't turn too far upstage - that's all it is.

With 'House of Cards,' you really get the heart and the meat of drama - and it's a thriller!

Just lying in my big bed with Frette sheets. Oh my god, there's nothing better.

I don't know enough about politics. I am out of the loop.

I'm the homemaker, and that's fine with me because I really like that.

I'm trying to do the paleo diet. No carbs.