When I'm with my kids, I definitely try and be in the moment and wait till the end unless the mess poses a real danger, like slipping. But when I am cooking by myself, I definitely clean as I go to simplify.

I was very burned out after Buffy. It was exhausting. It took me from essentially 18 on the pilot to being 24 and married when we finished. That show was my life. I was doing movies on the hiatuses and on weekends, but I needed to explore and live that gypsy lifestyle.

Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.

I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.

It's been hard to be a show in L.A. and be trendsetting, because the fashions are in New York... Not to mention that most actresses are all, give or take, the same size, between five-two and five-five, and 95 to 125 pounds.

I'm always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!