Actress

I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.

But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.

And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.

Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people.

I don't feel famous.

I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.

And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.