Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, 'Hey, come see my play,' he'd say, 'Sure.' He'd see one, 'Oh, good play' - you know, very typical dad reaction.

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

I love learning language and ideas that I didn't know before and making them sound like my own.

In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter.

I have three sons, as different from each other as any three humans could be but connected by their shared love of Guitar Hero. I'm lucky to be married to a man I can call my soulmate without any irony whatsoever.

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.

Losing Jane was tragic and I thought I'd never get married again, or have more children, or would even ever want to.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.