LOUISE LINTON

Watching great performances can transport us, and finding a film that really moves you is a galvanising and inspiring thing.

You can't just, boopity-boop, saunter into the Treasury. You need an appointment.

I'm a homebody at heart, and I love to be around my dogs.

It's the life of an actor to always be questioning, always be wondering. There is no occupation in the world less dependable.

I think after being kicked and slapped on social media a billion times, I had this one time. This lady said I was a deplorable human being, and that hurt.

I've wanted to be an actor since I was six, and I'm going to be an actor until I'm 66.

Mistakes happen, and we must choose what to do with them. We can ignore them, or we can learn and evolve into someone better and wiser.

You might see Al Pacino at the grocers, but you would never go up to him and say, 'Oh my God, you're Al Pacino.'

'CSI' was an amazing experience, which, looking back, I was very lucky to get. They shoot an entire episode in eight days, so everything has to be totally slick and professional.

I love the emotional symbolism of the eternity band as a wedding band. It's like wearing the infinity sign on your finger and represents the cyclical and enduring aspect of love.

When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.

When I went to D.C., I thought I would have an incredible platform to help animals. But I realized very quickly that there were huge limits to what I could do.

If you don't see culture in Los Angeles, you're simply not looking.

It sucks, being perceived as a person that you're not; it sucks being hated.

People don't want to read about my work with the homeless or the time and money I pour into animal rescue and organizations that fight poaching.

Ivanka is the most amazing mother. I go over there and bring one of my dogs for the kids to play with. We're just two young women making our way in the world. We sit there in sweatpants and have a glass of wine.

I'm a no-makeup girl.

It so saddens me that people don't give other people the benefit of the doubt in the way they'd want to be given it.

You should measure me by my actions, the friends I keep, and the charities I support, not by the politics of my husband.

I love my husband, and I wanted to support him, but the transition to Washington has been my hardest experience. I felt very lonely and isolated.

It all happened so fast: I went from regular girl, an actress trying to make it in Hollywood, to a Cabinet spouse in one of the most polarizing administrations ever. It was overwhelming.

L.A. is uninhibited: You're encouraged to express yourself, wear what you want, do what you want, and to speak from a very emotionally honest place. D.C. is different. In Washington, you have to be much more careful about what you say and do. Especially about what you wear!

What is frustrating is to have others question my motivation, my ethics, and my history.

I'm a filmmaker. I'm not a politician.

You can seek out a lot of publicity if you want, depending on your choices. A lot of major celebrities don't have paparazzi following them.