“It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner… I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.”

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.”

“I think a lot of times in our adult lives, we either block out or straight-up forget about the challenges of being a kid. We know it's all going to work out, but when you're a kid in that moment, it feels like the whole world is coming down on you. I'm going to try to look back and remember that when my kids get in those situations.”

“I get off on a man with strong moral fiber. The closest Barrons ever gets to fiber is walking down the cereal aisle at the grocery store.”

“The saddest thing was actually getting fed up with one another. It's like growing up in a family. When you get to a certain age, you want to go off and get your own girl and your own car, split up a bit.”

“We spent too much damn time getting down. Now it’s time to get up.”

“Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.”

“When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.”

“Every morning I get up for two reasons: one is the alarm that rings, the other is you.”

“Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?”