You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.

People stereotype pop stars, but Christina [Aguilera] proves them wrong with her unique style and talent.

You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top

My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments

There’s a lot more to being with someone than just love.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

I don't get the whole getting drunk thing.

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.

Buffys very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?

I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?

When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.

When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.

I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it's pretty simple to let that go.

A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn't have that.

How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.

All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.

It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.

When I'm with my kids, I definitely try and be in the moment and wait till the end unless the mess poses a real danger, like slipping. But when I am cooking by myself, I definitely clean as I go to simplify.

I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.

Whether it's a big dinner party or people just coming over to hang out, I just love to spend time with them.

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.

You're always homesick. There's always something about home that's special. But I'm not a things person. I'm not attached to my things.

I like to stay fit, because [that's when] I feel really healthy.

If you love someone and you choose to spend the rest of your life with that person, that's your partner in every way.

I'm not a things person. I'm not attached to my things.

I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.

I love my friends. They're my family.

You're always homesick.

I think I lead a really real life.

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife.

Some people feel like you have to cement your love.

A lot of times [in the movie industry], women are relegated to playing the wife or girlfriend or daughter.

I've always been fascinated by Japanese culture.

I never worked out for any kind of image.

There's no such thing as a supermom. We just do the best we can.

Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life

It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager.

I'm always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!

I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.

There's always something about home that's special.

I don't want to feel like a failure to my daughter. She's the best thing I've ever done. Buffy - pretty great and all, but Charlotte's way better.