“But just as natural disaster brought out the best in some people, it brought out the worst in others.”

“It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.”

“I guess you just feel like there's a whole story that's not being told in movies. You're only seeing the macho guy version of a story that from the woman's side, may be completely different.”

“There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and say, 'I'm beautiful.' Like anyone else, I see the flaws. Guys don't do that as much as women. But you have to learn to appreciate and accept and love yourself as you are.”

“It would be nice if I did have a good relationship with my family, and yes, part of me longs to have a mum and dad who love and accept me for who I am. But if they never do, it's OK.”

“I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I'd rather have fun.”

“A man can be 43, and people will say, 'Oh, he's a cool bachelor, and he just hasn't settled down,' but with a woman, it's, 'Oh, she must have really wanted to get married, but she didn't.' I honestly think that attitude is a little bit sexist.”

“It wasn't a lack of attraction to her husband that caused her problems. It was life. It was traffic. It was the Miami Dade Water and Sewer bills, it was trying to get ahead, and trying to be on time. Petty little thing, but zillions of them fused together.”

“Evil is done by the living.”

“You have the ability to find all the answers--if you let yourself do so.”

“The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.”