I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.

I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day.

Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house.

Women in Hollywood are tiny, but women in soap operas are the tiniest people alive!

I use an app called ChoreMonster. The kids earn points for brushing teeth or picking up the dog poop. It's genius.

At restaurants, I carry paper and markers and tell everyone to draw a picture with a unicorn, an octopus and an explosion. That keeps kids still for a minute.

I think it's pretty common for people to get excited when they meet somebody that they know from the media.