Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman takes on life in the September issue of More magazine.
Some highlights:
Felicity on what it’s like to be in a successful “showbiz marriageâ€: “Ehhh, it’s like anything else. It’s like any other marriage: You sort of stumble along and reconnect and lose each other and reconnect again.†And yet she says, “Every time Bill Macy walks into the room, my heart still jumps. That is true to this day.â€Felicity on finding a thong in the dressing room when she made her Broadway debut in Speed-the-Plow in 1988, replacing Madonna in the role: “I was like, ‘This is Madonna’s underwear!’ … Of course, it didn’t fit me.â€
Felicity on audition day for the role of Lynette on Desperate Housewives: “I’d just left two screaming kids in the bathtub and it was raining.†(At the time, her two daughters, Sofia Grace, now eight, and Georgia Grace, six, were toddlers.) “I thought I pulled myself together well. Later on, one of the producers said, ‘It was so great, because you were such a mess and so frazzled, and your pants were filthy!’â€
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The only real and talented actress on that show. She rocks!
Yeah I really like her too and she is a very good actress.
Enough of these old ladies gracing the cover of mags. Nobody wants to see that or hear what she has to say.
I love the comment about her husband! Very cute!
She is in really good shape for having a bunch of kids.
Another celeb that benefits from being married to a Hollywood big shot.
It’s no coincidence she gets the best movie roles and nominated for tons of awards.
Your are all very naive if you think being successful is strictly about talent.
Jules, she has two kids. When did that become a ‘bunch’? I really like her. She seems totally grounded and I love what she said about her husband.
Doesn’t she know that you can’t just leave screaming kids in the bathtub? I know sometimes you’d really like to, but you just can’t. That just ain’t right.
When Obama gives his stadium acceptance speech at the Democratic convention, it will be the night of the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream†speech. You can count on breathless reporters waxing dreamy about Dr. King’s vision fulfilled that historic night. However, not all African Americans agree. “Barack Obama is directly contrary to many positions and beliefs of Martin Luther King, Jr.,†“Obama is trying to make African Americans believe he is the reality of the Dream come true, but he’s not. It’s a nightmare.â€
Dr. Alveda King, daughter of MLK’s younger brother, the late slain civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King, says, “Senator Obama’s answer to the ills of society, of higher government spending, weaker national defense, continued tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, and support of gay marriage, are diametrically opposed to everything African Americans truly believe and an anathema to the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.â€
“In the shadow of the famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech by my uncle in 1963, as Barack Obama makes his speech in 2008, how can the Dream survive if we murder the children?†asks Dr. King concerning the unborn. “Life was very precious to my uncle and life today is precious.â€
Our best interests as Black Americans,†Owens says, “…lie in a new direction that reflects our core beliefs and values, not merely a resemblance of someone we look like.â€
Again quoting her uncle, King says, “‘there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.’†She passionately adds, “This is not the time to be silent; this is not the time to give Barack Obama a free pass! There is too much at stake.â€
I really really like her. I think she’s a wonderful actress and she just seems like a normal person as well. I think that’s just adorable that her heart skips a beat for Bill…I like that she doesn’t pretend to have the most perfect relationship either.