Self

    What three accomplishments are you most proud of?   Being a daughter, a sister and a wife.  Being married is better than I ever thought.  It's nice to know that I'm going to be with someone for the rest of my life.

    If you had to carry your most prized possessions on your back, what would you take?  I'd need a big bag because I'd have to put in my chocolate lab, Phoebe; my cat, Isabella; and my husband, Keith.  There's nothing I can't live without except for them.

    What experience has most changed you?  My sister passed away from lupus in 1998.  I became the spokesperson for the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association a few months later.  What I want out of life is very different from what I wanted before my sister got sick.  When something powerful happens, you decide to be either better or worse for it.

    If your life philosophy could be summed up on a bumper sticker, what would it say?  MEAN PEOPLE SUCK

    What do you wish someone had told you earlier in life?  Never dye your hair.  When you're an actress they always want you do dye it.  I wouldn't until I was 18 years old, and from then on, I really don't think I looked like myself.  I'm letting it grow out in my natural color.

    What's the dinner of your dreams?  Lots of sushi and lots of red wine.

    What physical activity would you get out of bed at sunrise for?  I love to get up and do yoga or Pilates.  I'll get out of bed for every physical activity.

    Which healthy habit are you most proud of?  I eat well-balanced meals three times a day.  It's hard to take of yourself in this business.  To look thin on camera you have to be at least 10 pounds underweight, and I would rather be happy in person than look good on camera.

    What healthy habit do you wish you had?  I wish I had fewer healthy habits.  I think I'd have a little more fun if I'd allow myself to eat more chocolate-chip cookies.

    What piece of clothing do you put on when you know you have to look good?  Big shoes.  They can be platforms or they can be stilettos--as long as they make me taller.

    Who would you want to star in the movie of your life?  I'd have to do it.  This is the part I was born to play.

    Recite one thing you know by heart.  My first lines ever when I was 7 years old and I played Flossy on Father Murphy:  "Tell me the rest of Rapunzel, Joe.  How the prince came and took her away."  I also know the entire first episode of Life Goes On.

    At what moment did you first start feeling like a grown-up?  I haven't had that moment yet.  I'm married and I've had a job since I was 7, but I have not had that moment.

    What physical feature of yours are you absoluetely, unreservedly happy with?  My lungs.  When I feel myself get nervous, I just concentrate on breathing.  That's why I would never smoke.

    When you look in the mirror, what do you see?  Someone several years older than I think I am.

    What "self" word best describes your mood?  "SELF-EXPRESSIVE."