Occupation: Actress.
Birthday: Nov. 22, 1958.
Birthplace: Los Angeles.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Married to Christopher Guest for five years.
Child: My daughter, Annie, is 3 years old.
Car: A champagne Mercedes 300, my first ”adult” car.
Working on: ”Anything but Love,” Wednesday nights on ABC-TV. And ”Blue Steel,” now out, in which I play a cop who gets involved with a serial killer.
The last good movie I saw was: ”My Left Foot.”
I stay home to watch: ”Babar” with Annie.
The book I`ve been recommending lately is: ”A Virtuous Woman,” by Kaye Gibbons.
Favorite pigout food: Banana-nut muffins.
Favorite childhood memory: Putting on musicals in my basement for my mom. Prized possession: My sheets. Some are imported, some are Wamsutta. I like sheets.
Every New Year`s I resolve: To not celebrate another New Year`s. It`s just another day, and it always seems to put a lot of pressure on people to be happy.
I`m better than anyone else when it comes to: Making a Caesar salad. My secrets are lots of Worcestershire sauce and my homemade croutons.
The worst part of my job is: I can`t be anonymous.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me was: ”Don`t throw out clothes even if you don`t like them.”
If I could change one thing about myself, I would: Stop trying to please others so much.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Strange. I was this dormant psycho, a little ahead of my time.
I knew I was a grownup when I: Made Christmas for my daughter for the first time.
Nobody would believe it if they saw me: Dance. I`m good at it.
The best time of my life: Grade school. You`re not challenged by relationships or your adolescence yet.
The worst time of my life: High school. The desperation to fit made it very hard for me to be an individual.
Three words that best describe me: Energetic, warm and sad.
