I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

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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'm sort of a slob.

I'm sort of a slob.

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...

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never...

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never...

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working...

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working...

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...

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...

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.

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

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...

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.

I'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

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 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...