All I ever wanted was a successful career as an actress.

Anything or anyone that limits the dream you have for yourself and for your career is just to be dismissed. Do not keep that company, and do not hear those words.

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.

I was so grateful to win an Emmy, but just being nominated, it's not overrated!

I hope I contribute something useful to the human family. That's my intention. And I hope that it's useful to people.

The people in my family couldn't adjust to the political atmosphere around me. I didn't want my political ambitions to cause stress or trauma for my family. I didn't want any name, fame, or money at the cost of my family.

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.

The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.