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Jane Kaczmarek [1955-0] American

Rank: 108
Actress

Jane Frances Kaczmarek is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Lois on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. Kaczmarek is a three-time Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy Award nominee.

Attitude, Parenting

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I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.		101
When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.		102
It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.		103
For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.		104
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.		105
Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.		106
I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.		107
I was never a glamour puss whose career was really based on a look or an attitude. I've been basically playing the same parts I am at 55 that I was at 35. I get cast as strong women, and that can be a mother or a judge or anything.	Attitude	108
Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.		109
You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.	Parenting	110
It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that I had my big career bump in my thirties and my babies in my forties or vice versa.		111
I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.		112
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.		113
Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.		114
Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.		115
We did talk about cheese on our first date.		116
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.		117
LYou can get yourself cut and stitched, or you can get a good girdle. The day before my first Emmy show, I went to Sears and bought a really good girdle. And I've worn that thing to every single awards show since!		118
I'm not going to be on the show 'Breaking Bad.'		119
I was 36 when I got married. I was so focused on, 'You wanted a husband, and you wanted a house, and you wanted children.' I've had all those things now.		120
My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.		121
I've got fabulous women friends that I kind of didn't have while I was married. I realized the great need for that when the marriage started to disintegrate.		122
If I have makeup, I use a cleanser, but otherwise, I just use a hot cloth at the end of the day to keep moisture in my skin without stripping it off. I do splurge on La Mer, but other than that, I use just use Nivea from the drugstore!		123
Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.		124
I know I don't want to do another single-camera show. It's so time-consuming. I did a couple of episodes of 'Whitney' as her mom, but I have been laying low. I love being with my kids and being a mom.		125

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