Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary.
Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia.
People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.
Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.
My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend.
Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.
My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.
If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.
I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.
Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.
I was a manual labourer. I figured out really early on that the value of my life could be determined by my hourly rate as a manual labourer digging holes.
What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't care for myself. James saved my life.
At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.
I say no to a lot of things that just don't fit my life. I involve my kids in what I'm struggling with so they don't compete with it.
The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.
I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.
Fantasy is my heart and love. And I just want to play in that garden for the rest of my life.
I think I would have had less tumult in my life if I hadn't grown up in my particular house.
