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I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with anything I did.

One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me.

I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

Every once in a while as an actor, you do something that the kids really like.

I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.

At times, I feel sorry for kids who have succumbed in some kind of way to being a child actor.

My children are unaffected by me being an actress because that's the way I like to keep it. I love the fact that they are so innocent about my star status. Sometimes, they come running to me and say, 'Mom, you are on TV.'

Every time I work on a scene or I work on the overall movie, I had my kids unconsciously in mind. Is that going to please them? Is it going to be funny for them? And if it is funny for them, is it going to be funny for their friends and their friends' friends?

I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.