We are the choices we have made.

We are the choices we have made.

Meryl Streep

People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself.

People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Wrinkled, wrinkled little star... hope they never see the scars.

Wrinkled, wrinkled little star... hope they never see the scars.

I once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.

I once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.

The work will stand, no matter what.

The work will stand, no matter what.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow.

Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow.

Pretending is a very valuable life skill.

Pretending is a very valuable life skill.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple - love, sex and food!

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple - love, sex and food!

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one