And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

Sometimes I'm surprised when someone who has achieved success is incredibly Machiavellian in their manipulations. So, while I want to believe it's integrity, that might just show how naïve I am. I sometimes worry that I might not be shrewd enough to maneuver myself through the Hollywood system.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.