Zitat des Tages von Patricia Heaton:
I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press.
It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.
You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again.
This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home.
I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
I'm sort of a slob.
Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
I was not an easy kid.
I'm not good at accepting help.
And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have.
I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.
My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.
I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.
As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.
When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that.
Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.
I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes.
And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.
Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.
I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.
But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives.
Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.
Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.