I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

I'm older and have a kid, I like success on my own, but I always enjoyed all my parts playing the fifth wheel. I mean, just loved it. There was such freedom in it and I still got to enjoy watching everyone work.

What would seem like an innocuous meat tenderizer turned out to be the biggest fear of every PA and producer - everyone on set. You know, it's dangerous, because you're running around and you're taking close swings at people with something that really could kill them. It's not like you have a gun with no bullets that you're doing cinematically. You actually have a weapon that you're swinging at people.

It was like I had a baby and I suddenly started to feel I could play anything.