Uma Thurman

I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance.

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.

I don't feel famous.

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.

I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

We never left a set until we'd trashed it.

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.

Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.

Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.

My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.