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I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

Naturally, people are curious about how my real mom feels about me having a TV mom.

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.

Mother was so good that I was defeated even before I started to be an actress. I thought I could never make it unless I spent years in the Actors Studios, went on the blacklist and lived in New York, as she did.

When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.

A lot of the actors I knew threw in the towel when they became mothers. I couldn't do that financially, and I didn't want to - but I was knackered all the time.

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.