Katie Holmes says that if she could give her younger self any advice, it would be to "relax".
The actress claims that she never believed she'd be able to carve out a Hollywood career whilst growing up in Toledo, Ohio.
Speaking to PEOPLE magazine she explained: "Growing up in Ohio, I thought being an actor was something that could just never, ever happen. If I could go back, I'd tell that girl to just relax! It's only a plane ride away."
And she admits that now she's doing her best to have the same laid-back attitude when it comes to being a working single mother.
"You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and some days you don't. Motherhood has taught me to just let go of some things, to relinquish control."
She also insisted that she now doesn't care what people think or what strangers have to say about her.
"I really just don't care. A lot of good things have happened to me, so I focus on that, and the other things that get focused on by the press or whoever - I'm just not interested."
Opening up about love, she is eager to find the right man despite her failed marriage.
"I'm a very loving person. Of course I'm open to finding love again.
"What I've come to understand is that your dreams will happen, but they might not happen when you want them to. There are some things you just have to wait for."
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