"When we worked on the script (A Mighty Heart), I was six months pregnant. Mariane (Pearl) sat with me and held my hand and told me what was happening to her when she was six months pregnant. I thought, 'My God, I know what I'm feeling right now and I can't imagine handling that.' It was so important for me to have my family and Brad with me at the time, and to understand it's that life - Adam, Mariane's child - that clearly pulled her through."

"We're living in a time when there's so much anger and a lack of faith in our ability to find solutions together. Mariane (Pearl) is a person who has every right to be full of hate, and yet she's completely the opposite. She wants to have dialogue with people; that's how Danny was, with his appreciation and interest in that side of the world. To shoot the film (A Mighty Heart), people from Pakistan, India, Britain, America, Muslims, Christians came together. It's an example of what is possible."

"I don't do drugs. I don't intentionally ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I will always be careful. But I live a bold life, and I'm a happy mother because of that. I think the bigger question is, 'Am I living the life that I want my kids to see?' If something happened to me doing something I believed in, then I suppose that's the legacy I would leave as a mother."

"I'm one of those people who walk around as if it's fine, and then suddenly I don't know why I'm crying over my breakfast. My mother was my best friend. I'm so grateful I had her as a mom. She had cancer for seven years, but she lived long enough to see my brother and I grow up to be quite happy. You almost get the feeling she held on until it was okay."

"When it comes to the boys, it's Brad (the disciplinarian), and with the girls, it's me. It's not intentional, but Z can pretty much get anything she wants from her dad. Brad's like a strong father with the boys."