Emily Procter

“I'm going to let myself off the hook, because if there's one thing that is not my focus at the moment, it's how much I weigh.”

“It's amazing what sleep does for your looks.”

“We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.”

“I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.”

“If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.”

“I would love to tell you that I don't worry about losing the weight after the baby is born, but I do try to think before I eat. The first cookie? Definitely! But I try to think about if I really want to do the extra sit-ups before I eat the second one.”

“I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.”

“What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.”

“I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.”

“I've always known I was adopted.”

“There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out and I ask myself, what am I doing?”

“I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.”

“I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.”

“It's funny, because I did all of these interviews as soon as I had the baby, and they were asking questions, and I really didn't have an idea of anything, because I was so blurry.”

“I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority.”

“I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis.”

“It's so nice after 10 years as a blond actress in Hollywood to have people let you do smart things.”

“As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.”

“I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon! You have this relationship with this person in your belly and it's really amazing.”