EMILY PROCTER

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.

Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.

It's funny, because I did all of these interviews as soon as I had the baby, and they were asking questions, and I really didn't have an idea of anything, because I was so blurry.

I always wear high heels.

I'm going to let myself off the hook, because if there's one thing that is not my focus at the moment, it's how much I weigh.

I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.

To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.

180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.

Your child's not looking at you and going, 'Mmm, I love a clavicle. Let me nestle into that.'

I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis.

It's not a bad idea to be single, so I can concentrate on my job.

It's really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking. I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy, and it's a really incredible feeling. I'm so grateful I get to experience this.

I've always known I was adopted.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.

I don't email.

I've found that I've settled into myself a little bit more in last year and started wearing things that I feel comfortable with and my own style and... I decided to just embrace the person that I am and the look I like, and what I think is pretty.

Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.