Recent fad I admit to trying: The South Beach Diet.
Favorite actor: Bill Murray
Favorite actress: Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.
Favorite movie: Terms of Endearment, You've Got Mail and Adaptation.
Favorite TV show: Queer Eye (for the Straight Guy) and Six Feet Under.
Favorite singer: Annie Lennox.
If I could only keep one household appliance, it would be: my coffeemaker.
Something you'd be surprised to know about me: I'm not really a redhead. Ha ha!
Currently reading: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Favorite book: The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory.
Least favorite food: sushi.
Favorite comfort food: oatmeal with cinnamon and apples.
Favorite song: "The Nearness of You" (by Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington).
Favorite item of clothing: my Nantucket hooded sweatshirt.
Nobody knows I can: knit, needlepoint, and tell jokes at the same time!
Greatest achievement: my daughter, Allison.
Cause I most believe in: The Heifer Project and The Fund for Animals.
Most treasured possession: my wedding ring.
First thing I do when I wake up in the morning: scream and stretch! It gets me out of bed really fast.
Last thing I do before I go to bed: give my cat her medicine and kiss my other cat, my dog, and my husband good night.
Most embarassing moment: being recognized by a fan on a nude beach.
Best quality: loyalty and a sense of humor.
Worst quality: I am very impatient.
If I could live anywhere, it would be: Cape Cod.
What I dislike most about my appearance: my height.
Greatest love: Dr. Richard Hirschlag.
My first kiss: Leonard Wirtner, who later punched me in the stomach-we were 6.
Favorite place in my house: the kitchen. It has everything: food, a phone and a television.
Bad habit I wish I could break: worrying about the details.
Worst job I ever had: working as a salesgirl at Hickory Farms.
Sound that most annoys me: my cat's meow for food in th emorning. It can be quite annoying at 6 a.m.
Favorite weekend activity: movie and dinner with my husband.
My epitaph: She finally stopped complaining!