"As a woman, you make the transition from being singe to [being] a partner. I have a teammate."

"Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience—in an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it`s the most important job you have in the world."

"We like to be together, so we use the house for our [business] meetings. [We] play Yahtzee, board games, Scrabble. We grill; have pool parties. We play "The Three Little Pigs" and Suri is the Big Bad Wolf. [Tom] reads story books to Suri and we all laugh. When a good song comes on, he`ll break into dance. We`ll watch movies in bed— recently Madagascar and Cinderella, for Suri. We have a really good time."

"I want to do it all. Bad girl, good girl, complicated girl. Aren`t we all complicated?"

"When Top Gun came out my sisters were like, `Oh, my God, Top Gun! Tom Cruise!` And I very confidently said, `I`m going to marry him one day.` It wasn`t like, How do I get Tom Cruise? It was just: I think I`m going to marry him. Why not? He`ll like me. I`m fun."

"We were changing diapers one time and [Tom] said, `I don`t want you to get upset,` And I said, `Well, I am upset.` So we approached it together. But I definitely felt like — as a woman, as the mother of Suri — I want to handle this! My mom is very strong, and if anyone ever said anything about any of us, she would be, `Excuse me?` That`s my family!`"

I really can`t deny it, I am who I am. I`m pretty normal. I`m not that smooth type of girl. I run into things, I trip, I spill food. I say stupid things... I really don`t have it all together.

I`m not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn`t play a big part in my diet.

I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren`t there.You have to trust the director and react to nothing.

I`m so spoiled - I must have a Starbucks vanilla latte every day. Otherwise, it`s going to be a bad day. I also love Jelly Bellies. But that`s bad. Don`t tell my mom.

I wasn`t very funny or flashy, I was kind of boring.

I`m not the easiest person to live with. I`m kind of a slob. So for me to consider a roommate, it would have to be one of my sisters or something.

I know this sounds dorky, but I`m always having this out-of-body experience with my career. I can`t wait to write it down. I can`t wait to tell my grandchildren. It`s amazing.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave.

I`ve kept in touch with a lot of my high school friends. When I`m home, I see them. It`s really cool.

I`m so spoiled - I must have a Starbucks vanilla latte every day.

In North Carolina nobody bothers us; we`re all about concentrating on the work or our auditions that we`re trying to get a flight out for. So all that crap is not something that I`m confronted with on a daily basis.

Fortunately we`ve been shooting in North Carolina which means we`re not in LA where you can hear people talking about you and you know so much about what`s going on in the business.

We have our little restaurants, and there`s a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it`s at my house, we order pizza because I can`t cook.

Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me.

I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine.

I`m not the easiest person to live with. I`m kind of a slob.

He`s the most incredible man. He`s so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I`ve never laughed, and he`s a great friend.

My family always keeps me in check. I have three older sisters, and they work their butts off. They`re all very supportive of my career, but I know what`s really important is kids and family.

I`ve always looked for parts that were different from her, parts that would be very challenging, and this was a very challenging role to play.

I did Phone Booth, and that was shot very, very quickly, but that was Joel Schumacher, who`s shot so many movies that, if anybody can figure out how to do it in a couple of days, it`s him.

I`m not computer literate. I e-mail. I know how to get on the Web, but I haven`t crossed over into the internet world. I`m old-fashioned, I guess.

I`m definitely a messy person... I know where everything is but I just can`t organize. I don`t make lists and find scripts on the laundry machine, and under my bed, or in the bathroom, kitchen. It`s bad, I really need to take control.

We all keep dreaming, and luckily, dreams come true.

Chris and I care about each other and we`re still friends. Tom is the most incredible man in the world.

I love all of his movies. I love all his movies. I love Tom.

I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It`s so embarrassing, I`m blushing.

It`s kind of fun being the cute, little one. In fact, I`m finding it hard to grow out of that.

I watched a porno once, it was really funny.

I get so sad when I see people who are really thin or really overweight. You can tell their spirit is hurting. We shouldn`t do that to ourselves.

It`s important to try to be creative. I paint, and my mom is going to teach me how to make clothes. I think people should have passions.

I felt so proud to be having a baby and so excited. And I felt closer to other women - to my sisters, to my mom. I felt empowered, like, `I`ve given birth. I did it! There`s nothing I can`t handle. I`ve really enjoyed this time that I have taken to be with Suri as well as the challenges of the first couple of months: feeding and pumping, learning to decipher what each cry means - is she hungry? Is she tired? Does she need a fresh diaper? - and figuring out how to really help her.

It`s actually great to shoot far away from Hollywood because we don`t have the distractions of the parties and premieres and all that. And, of course, you can save money - there are no good shoe stores.

It`s kind of fun being the cute, little one. In fact, I`m finding it hard to grow out of that.

Tom and I will always be in our honeymoon phase.