In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.

Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

With everything that you do, once the costume is on, and you're in the pretend hospital, and you're there with your co-workers, it all sort of snaps into place: Who you are, what it feels like, who these people are to you.