It's so nice after 10 years as a blond actress in Hollywood to have people let you do smart things.

In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.

It's so nice after 10 years as a blond actress in Hollywood to have people let you do smart things.

I'm never going to be a modern gal. I love colonial. I love early American. I love a big rectangular piece of brown furniture on a hardwood floor.