It's an amazing blessing to go to work every day with people I genuinely love.

I landed in Los Angeles where I've stayed, with one year-long exception when I returned to Ashland as an actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

I have some very dear friends I stalk consistently when I come home.

The best part about playing a mom is that people hug moms. I get hugs all the time. It really makes hard days a lot easier, and easy days are downright joyous.

It's pure vanity that keeps me eating healthy, but I adore fried food and sugar.