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" Don't tell me I can't do that. Watch me. Don't tell me I can't direct this movie. Watch me. "

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" Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships. "

" Meditation helps people balance and calibrate their left-right brain. "

" My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are. "

" Listening is huge. Learn to listen. And it's hard: relationships are not easy; most of them don't last. I mean, when you look at what's really going on. So every day is a choice, and sense of freedom is important. "

" We go into restaurants, and people aren't talking anymore. They're texting. While they are sitting at a restaurant with each other. So we're losing this intimacy that we need to have as human beings. "

" Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing. "

" I believe that life is about doing. "

" By living mindfully, you understand that there are many transitions in life. You just go through them. "

" The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are. "

" All I ever wanted to be was happy. "

" If you're going to train your body, it would be a really good thing to also train your brain. "

" Mindfulness can help people of any age. That's because we become what we think. "

" Attention for children is so much about input, and the brain can only filter so much - I don't know how many millions of messages that come through the brain, and we can only filter so much through it. "

" In relationships, particularly love relationships, people are impatient. "

" Familiarize yourself with the parts of your brain and their function. "

" A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money. "

" When the brain is silent, the executive function, which is this part of the brain that makes decisions, can work much better. So when you get quiet, you make better decisions. You're also more rested - you're not as reactive. "

" I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain. "

" When you're female working in a male-dominated industry, there are unfortunately extra things you need to do - for example, couch opinions in a way that sounds palatable and not threatening. That's a skill I developed. "

" I had a tremendous amount of gay friends, so my whole life was basically like that... I never noticed who was gay or who was straight. "

" I've worked alongside some very good directors and some not so good. "

" I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow. "

" My mother was the kind of person who was very much part of her tribe and very much a satellite of her tribe. She was the girl who left her family at the age of 17 and went to Washington. My mother was orphaned at three and then was brought up by my aunt Goldie. So, yes she belonged, but there was a part of her that didn't. "

" I just wanted to be normal. I wanted to have a normal life. I wanted to have children. And when I was picked out of a chorus line and cast in a TV series, I got anxious, so I took the bull by the horns and went to see a psychologist. And it was the greatest move I ever made. "

" I've been married twice. It didn't work. "

" I always wanted to be a mother first. "

" I think that's what makes a successful marriage: a mindful sense of self and the ability to make clear choices to stay together or choices not to. "

" I just love good smells. "

" Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-expression and fun. "

" It's nice for a woman to go out and have her own money and her own ability to do what she wants. "