I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat.

It’s okay to lose. Losing teaches you something. Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that’s what makes life interesting.

Honestly, I am hoping to influence young people, and Twitter‘s a great way to encourage them to lend their voice to the conversation. Any time you can show young people that you support gay friends and that there are gay people in the world who are lovely, happy, singing, and in love, it opens their minds.

Sometimes I’m sexy, and sometimes I’m not.

I’m not trying to have Jake Gyllenhaal’s baby. I’m not a major fashionista. I’m not going through a lesbian phase. I’m just normal. I’m just really freakin’ normal.

I try not to repeat myself too often, but it’s a gamble. ‘Fred Claus’ had three Oscar winners in it. No business – it was a bad movie.

What I love about Twitter specifically is that reciprocity is not guaranteed, nor expected. In other words, I can go one way. I can put things out. I don’t have to respond to everybody.

All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities – Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York.

It’s really hard to stay healthy over the long term of making a movie so that’s why those things matter when you’re trying to keep your health, literally.

I’m very genetically blessed; I cannot deny it, but I work hard at keeping myself together. Yes, I have nice cheekbones and skinny legs, but I can’t take any credit for it.

It’s really fun to watch yourself disappear in the movie every day.

Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want – do anything.

Comedy often comes at the expense of others, and to do that smartly, you don’t want to make fun of vulnerable people. You want to make fun of people in power, and so you need to really understand the dynamics of power.

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both ‘Pitch Perfect’ films.

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I’m always the one throwing down on the mic.

I think people respond to me as a down-to-Earth, girl-next-door person, because I am one of those people. That’s something I don’t have to act very hard at.

You have got to have an agent. It’s a business. But I think there is a way to be artful and commercial at the same time.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

Someone told me that having a baby is like having your heart walking around outside of your body, and I didn’t understand it until I had a baby. Now, like, everything he does literally crushes my heart. In a great way. And then if he’s in pain, it’s like my whole endeavor is to make sure he’s not in pain.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I’m planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I’m very self-sufficient.

I met my husband in college, and we’ve been together for 21 years – it’s the thing I’m most proud of in my life. We were trying to figure out how we could make our lives as flexible as possible and do something we both really enjoyed.

I grew up in a very small town, but it happened to be in western Massachusetts, where there were a lot of gay people. I remember my aunt going to a gay wedding when I was 11, and I thought it was the coolest thing.

When you live in a leading lady‘s body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny.

I have very fond memories of the Eagles from my experience with ‘Invincible‘ and my college days in Philadelphia. But I am a Massachusetts girl and a Pats fan.

The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story.

When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

I love stories about misfits and underdogs.

Klutziness is endearing. I like imperfection.

These properties that get made into movies, some are easier than others. When they first said, ‘Yeah, they’re making a movie out of Lego,’ I said, ‘Lego what? What does that even mean?’ And it’s such a good concept.

When you have one kid, you feel like you can jet set around, and you can throw him on the hip, and you get your life done. You don’t realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I’m really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious – I am responsible for two people now.

I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.

I do try to eat healthy, and I find that’s easiest when I just avoid the Doritos aisle at the grocery store.

My number one advice to high school girls is birth control. You want to keep all your options open for as long as possible? Birth control.

As a producer, I really get to tell stories that I care about in a way that I want to. I get to shape them. I get to choose the collaborators. That’s really gratifying as a storyteller. And also, frankly, it’s really fun to create jobs for other people.

I really find that when I get on an airplane, I never drink anything but water, and I drink a ton of it. I like to sit in the window, but I’m always climbing over people to go to the bathroom. I’m that seatmate. But ya gotta do it. All about the water.

I’m not a particularly shiny, happy person. I’m fairly cynical, and that’s what draws me to comedy.

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

I suppose the best advice I ever got, frankly the advice that changed my life, came from my uncle who told me to go to drama school and study acting instead of taking a job, because he said the job would always be there.

I’m actively looking for things to direct again. I had such an amazing experience on this. I really am spoiled.

I like to say I don’t have a fear of heights. I have a fear of human error. I’m very concerned about stupidity.

I’m always reaching to find something that will challenge me and make me do my best.

People ask me how I stay thin, and I’m like, ‘When you go to the grocery store, buy more bananas than cookies.’

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

Normally for photo shoots I get a full wax, some tanning, a facial.

When I was coming up, it was the golden age. It was Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, and Reese Witherspoon was starting. You really had, ‘Who is America‘s Next Sweetheart?’ every couple of years. And then this sort of bromance slacker thing took over.

Portion control is a real problem. My husband and I always split one appetizer and one entree. I’m sure waiters hate us.

I secretly harbor the fantasy of becoming an action star at any moment. I know I’d be great at it.

I can hang with the dudes because I love beef and baseball and driving fast and flirting. I understand where men are coming from, and I’m interested in typically male endeavors. But I can also wear the short skirt and cheerlead.

My favorite event each year is the Yankees–Red Sox series. Love seeing passions run hot among the fans, especially when both teams are in the running for the playoffs.

I didn’t quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it.

I’m not a fan of plastic surgery. Oh, and I’ve never had a wax in my life. Waxing makes no sense to me because you have to grow it out to wax it.

Producing never stops. It’s 24/7.

One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.

I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment.

I’m a good role model. I have an amazing marriage, and it will be long lasting. I think I’m a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet.

I hope I’m Jessica Tandy, you know. I hope I’m onstage, and I fall over at 85 or something with everyone applauding thinking that it was a joke, you know, ‘There she goes again,’ and I’m just gone. I’ve gone to Heaven.

I’ve learned all my hair and makeup tricks on the set, and I incorporate all kinds of things when I’m getting ready, and I’m big on blotting papers. I get a very shiny forehead, which I like to call my inner glow coming out.

I don’t stay in my trailer. I like to sit in video village, probably to the annoyance of some producers and directors, because they really love to talk about actors, and they can’t in front of me.

I went to drama school. I’m classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare’s comedies over his dramas.

I have such a respect for comedy. It’s a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me.