When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself… but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

Brad is much more of a workout person. He wakes up every morning and does his yoga and can’t go to bed without doing some kind of exercise.

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

For me, there’s a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

I really like to talk when I exercise.

I think it’s a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.

I’ll be surprised if we get those. Some designers aren’t familiar with us yet. … But we’re working on them!

Tennis lets you talk while you’re playing.

There’s something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that’s really comforting, … Malcolm in the Middle.

We did talk about cheese on our first date.

That’s kind of like asking somebody to the prom in front of a pep rally,

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.