I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.

I've been very lucky to have been chosen for and to have chosen roles that are good. Some are better than others and some projects are better than others, whether it's female or male characters. There's still more that we can do and there's still more stories to be told. I would love to see more female-driven projects in general.

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

I think when things happen in our lives that we can't truly understand why they destroy us, it's because we can't truly understand or communicate it to anyone else. And that is what is destructive - you can't communicate it to the people that you love and it makes things deteriorate. Or you're hiding from yourself, or you're hiding from somebody else, and that was really fascinating to me... that life isn't like the movies and you can't always point to one thing and explain why you did things that ended up hurting you.

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.