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" I was a very studious student and usually got A's. I did not like school, because I wasn't popular - I was a nerd. "

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" I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are. "

" My favorite part of any playdate comes later when I get to carry my exhausted and sleeping daughter to the car. Is there anything more trusting than a sleeping child completely and utterly leaning into your body? "

" I was worried if you adopted a foster child, someone from the birth family could still come and take her back. I was afraid that any child in foster care might have suffered such trauma or neglect that she would be impossible to reach. I'm not proud of these fears. But I understand now when others ask me the same questions. "

" You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way. "

" There are benefits to adopting a toddler. They can tell you what's wrong. And - everything we did with our daughter was a first. Her first tooth fairy. Santa. "

" America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us. "

" I believe that there are moments in everyone's lives where a door flings open, and if you're terrified of what's on the other side, you must walk through it. "

" We absolutely have to support our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We just must. It's not fair that they don't get to live an authentic life. "

" We were so unprepared that when my husband took off to get groceries, and we'd adopted a 3-year-old, he came back with baby formula, a steak and a teething ring. We had no idea what we were doing. But you learn. There's no way to fully prepare. Just eyes wide open - jump. "

" My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted. "

" I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors. I'm always so appreciative that this has happened for me - and against all odds - as a middle child from Canada. I'm very grateful. "

" I have always written from a personal place. "

" I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?' "

" I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person. "

" Like most women, I thought it would be easy once I decided to start a family. I was surprised that Mother Nature kept poking me in the eye, saying, 'Nope, nope, nope.' "

" Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it. "

" My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds. "

" I'm only happy when people are eating. "

" When I write something, I constantly rewrite. "

" I'm not one of those people that can suddenly start running and hire a Pilates trainer; it's just not my thing. "

" Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents. "

" The media was always so focused on the money a movie makes. But I was in Times Square, and a bunch of Japanese tourists looked at me and started shouting, 'Toula!' I loved it. It's these tiny moments of connection that register with me the most and always have. "

" My husband is an only child of only child parents. "

" Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK. "

" In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. "

" There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing. "

" I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit. "

" I have had the same person show up in a few cities with flowers. A lovely gentleman who gave me a picture of himself. I came home, gave it to Ian, and said, 'If I go missing, here's the guy.' "

" It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part. "

" When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic. "