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"They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself."
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"Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar."
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"My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always."
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"My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed."
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"Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids."
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"A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego."
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"I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in."
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"The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom."
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"My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band."
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"My mom is definitely my rock."
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"One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes."
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"Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time."
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"Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened."
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"I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game."
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"But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations."
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"People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me."
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"You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend."
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"Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys."
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"I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in."
Family
"Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise."
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"It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them."
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