Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.

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

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.

I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.