Quotes from Leslie Mann

I tried to kickbox once right after I had my first baby, and I was so miserable; it was so hard. And I went home, and I passed out for three hours because it's so hard.

I honestly don't know where the high voice thing came from in the first place. Why do people have high voices? Emotional problems? What is that? It could easily be that. And now I'm getting more normal, and my voice is getting deeper.

It's always fun to think about winning an award. I thought about winning awards when I was a little girl. Everybody wants to win an award for something.

Perfect people are the scariest people to me.

All the things you put off, like learning to play the piano or leaning a different language? You're like, what's the point? I'm not really gonna do that, am I?

I've always been intrigued by the supernatural.

Women love hairy men. Cavemen were the sexiest men in history.

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.

I didn't think, 'I want to do dramas or I want to do comedies' - I wasn't clear in that way.

I've always surrounded myself with funny people.

Basically, I just want to do a movie where I'm surrounded by women.

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'

I feel like I could be good at directing or producing, but I don't know.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my voice, so it's kind of nice that now I'm making a lot of money with it.

I feel very protective of younger actresses, because it was so hard for me in the business.

My favourite movie is 'Terms of Endearment.'

Don't assume I have everything figured out... I get as confused about life as everybody, and sometimes I think I'm just hurtling through the world without a plan at all.

I'm terrified by speaking in front of people!

Thank God I didn't put my career over family. That would have been the biggest mistake of my life. I'm really happy it went the way it did.

I don't quite fit in in like a pure dramatic thing, but I still think of myself sometimes as sort of a dramatic actress.

Megan Fox is so funny.

I bring a poofy gray down jacket with me wherever I go. It's meant for winter, but I use it most in the summer, when everyone cranks up the air-conditioning.

Men. We love them. We respect them. But we rarely get to objectify them.