I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not…

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them...

Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them...

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.

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...

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...

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

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...

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'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.