I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.
Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?'
I give myself a cheat day where I annihilate my diet. I'm an all-American girl, so I go for a burger and fries and a shake.
I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.
My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.
I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun.
I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.
Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself.
I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.
I find myself thinking: Oh God, now what? I always have to have a new plan, otherwise I get very, very bored.
I'm from a council estate myself, and the biggest release we had as kids was football. That's where all the great players learn their trade - as kids having a kickabout.
I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.
I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.
I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.
I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.
I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.
