I have zero problems when people say, “God, you look like your mother”. I go, “Well, great! Thanks!”

I’m a hippie at heart. I wear the clothes, and they’re the best. And the music is incredible, too.

[on making Raising Helen (2004)] The sweetest moment was when the kids were done and when we finished with the kids. It was just so emotional. And I looked at Abby [Abigail Breslin, who plays five-year-old Sarah] and she was crying. I mean it was so difficult. We just hugged forever and I told them I loved them. And it was just… it really made the whole experience that much more special; to know that those kids took something from that experience.

[on her co-stars in Raising Helen (2004)] It was great. They were so professional and yet, still kids. Abigail [Abigail Breslin who played Bo] was so adorable and so good. She cried at the drop of a hat. She was so focused. When she had to do what she had to do, she really worked hard at it. And Spencer Breslin was hysterical. And Hayden Panettiere is at that age that I remember so well–13-ish–where you want to be an adult and want to be taken seriously, but people don’t treat you like it, so you overcompensate.

I’m not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not… Well, I don’t run out to see them.

I’m Jewish and this was the first time I experienced real anti-Semitism. Paris was scary…there were synagogues bombed and there was anti-Semitic graffiti all over the place. I was very angry. This is something I am passionate about.

[about paparazzi photographing her and her son when he is present] It bothers me, it bothers my parents. Ryder doesn’t know what that is. He’s four years old. It’s aggressive, it’s bizarre and it makes him self-conscious. And kids should always be kids, they should never be self-conscious of what they’re doing. That should be illegal.

[about being mistaken for other actresses] I was in this furniture store with Ryder [her son] and this woman, said, “I know who you are–Gwyneth Paltrow. And I was like, “Yeah”. Gwyneth and I look nothing alike.