Debra Messing

So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.

I mean I love my family very much, but there is a difference when you're reuniting with your family outside of your hometown and reuniting in the family home.

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.

My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins.

I'm naturally lean and I'm constantly walking.

I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with.

But I've become completely obsessed with taking photos on my iPhone. I have like 400 apps.

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.

I would never have called myself tech-savvy.

'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve.

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.

I was such a late bloomer when it comes to fashion.

I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life.

I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.

I'm very devoted to my husband and we've been together for a very long time.

I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life.