It's amazing what sleep does for your looks.

It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So that's just going to have to wait.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

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.

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.