You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.

Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.

Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart and mended it.

I certainly have a very colorful nature, filled with great highs and great lows... in my early adulthood I probably was grappling with some serious depression issues.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.

My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me.

I haven't had an orthodox career.