I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.

You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

Friends can have different dreams and do different things.

They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.

Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.

When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being a mother, with my mum showing me how to do things.

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.