I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

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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...

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 don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good...

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good...

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

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...

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot...

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot...

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show,...

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show,...

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...

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...

Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great...

Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great...

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over...

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over...

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.

I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic...

I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic...

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...

I'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

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...

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...

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my...

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my...

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and...

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and...

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was...

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was...