I've always wanted to be a mom at 23 24ish ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so really as kind of a lark I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

My mom she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

When I got into junior high school that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.

Even in high school I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.

I always knew I wanted kids but when my mom passed away I was like 'I want a bunch of kids. I want three kids or four kids and I want to have that relationship again.' I can't bring my mom back but I can have children.

My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person.

I always wanted to be a mom.

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom saying how much I wanted to be there.

My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.