I’m not good at accepting help.

We were developing the script right up to, and through, the first weeks of filming. I’d rehearse, then instead of being able to go back to the apartment and relax, I’d have to go to...

To have four kids – and to have been pregnant with two of them while I was working on the show – was a lot. I just can’t believe I did it!

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.