Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.