It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.

Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.

Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.

A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.

Motherhood has been an exercise in guilt.

I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are and so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are.

I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lee National Denim Day because they fund programs that are making huge strides in breast cancer research and support.