Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot…

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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist...

Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist...

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't...

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't...

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy...

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy...

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened...

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened...

And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often...

And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often...

I'm sort of a slob.

I'm sort of a slob.

And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and...

And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and...

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless...

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless...

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to...

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to...

I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.

I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.

I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter...

I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter...

We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets...

We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets...

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the...

We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the...

This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it...

This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it...

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had...

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had...

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I...

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I...

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't...

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't...