I love being a mother; I hate being a housewife - the cooking, the laundry - because it takes away time I could be with my kids.

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking lessons, and all those years of being a nobody following a dream-and now here it is.

It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that family time becomes nonexistent.