Us Weekly – August 26, 2019

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or vegan ice cream

for dinner when

my husband, David

Mleczko, who I married

in June, is away.

2.I worked on Melrose Place

for four years, but I don’t

think I ever went in the pool!

3.I directed my first film last

year: Deadly Assistant. I’m

currently working on my next,

an indie feature called The

Waiting Room.

4. I was college roommates
   with Darren Star, who
   created Melrose Place.
   He told me Courtney
   Thorne-Smith’s role, Alison
   Parker, was based on me.


5. I had a
   crush on Barry
   Manilow when
   I was in high
   school. Of
   course it
   was a
   secret.


6. I love using Instagram at
   this point, but I’m so thankful
   it didn’t exist when I was
   beginning my acting career!
   Too much pressure!
   7.I’ve gone on several
   nine-day silent-meditation
   retreats.


7. I attended 10 different
   schools between first and
   12th grades.


8. I lived on a houseboat with
   my mom and sister for a year.
   10.I went on a lot of antiwar
   and free speech marches
   when I was little. I thought
   they were picnics the whole
   city was going on.
   11.I love children but never
   wanted [to have] them. I
   used to tutor kids, and I did
   children’s theater.

12.I became

vegan after watching

Cowspiracy: The

Sustainability Secret

three years ago.

13.In 10th grade, I created

the theater department in

my school.

14.I started a singing and

dancing group when I

was 11. We were called

The Rainbows.

One of my

favorite movies is

Ordinary People.

16. My first job was working
    in a general store in Vermont.


17. I love road trips [with] lots
    of diet soda, audiobooks and
    Willie Nelson.


18. My mom, sister and I
    drove across the U.S. in a
    rental truck when we moved
    to New England in the ’70s.
    19.I met my husband on a
    blind date.
    20.My favorite book is
    Lovingkindness: The Revolu-
    tionary Art of Happiness by
    Sharon Salzberg. She just
    officiated my wedding!

21.

I think

cooking is

stressful. I

don’t have the patience

for reading a recipe

or waiting for food to

simmer.

22.When I was filming in

Peru, I befriended some kids

who were selling gum and

shoeshines. They’d wait for

me to come home to the

hotel. I bought them sneakers

and took them to dinner.

23.I’ll never ask a woman

when her baby is due. You

only have to be wrong

once. I was!

24.The last theater show I

saw was To otsie on Broad-

way. It was fantastic!

25.I think a child’s smile is

literally gold.

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