"You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned."

"When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead."

"We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong."

"One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again."

"'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition."

"But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it."

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."

"Food - I love nuts. I eat them all the time, they're easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long."