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For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern superwoman wears off and reality sets in.

One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It is a Victorian-style setting that is closed in the back, so it Does not sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.

Once you are a mom, always a mom. It is like riding a bike, you never forget.

My mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I am not a big sugar guy.

My mom's hot. I mean she is old, but my mom's out of control.

We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled.

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.

OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, Why in the heck did you get married? Like, what was going on? What was that time? It is like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand 55.

My daughter's name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.

My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.

It is so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I did not have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.

As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.

When you are sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

We did not have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Before you are a mom you do not know what gear is going to be relevant.

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.

From the very start of all of this, my mom has read the scripts first. And if she liked something, she let me read it. She told our agent what kinds of parts that we would want.