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

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I'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

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...

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...

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.

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'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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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 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'm sort of a slob.

I'm sort of a slob.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.