I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist.

Luck has had a great deal to do with my career.

Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.

I wonder why I keep playing such intelligent people?

Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation.

I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.