I worked so hard for so long - I did a lot of movies. I also worked a lot when my kids were smaller, before they were in school.

If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

I went to court-reporting school to study stenotyping. After awhile, whenever anybody spoke, in my mind my fingers would be punching it out. Even two years after I quit, my mind still did that.

Being from Orange County is in a lot ways very much like being from the Midwest.

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously.

I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.

I do sometimes feel like the paparazzi are really what ran me out of L.A. They're just giving everyone a bad name.