Q: How did becoming a mom change your life?
A: I just love being a mother. I waited a long time to have that baby! There's nothing more exciting, nothing I feel more passionate about, nothing cooler, funnier or more fulfilling than being Jack's mom. Going back to work was hard. But I had to make a living. That's when I figured out how to juggle.

Q: How did you get back on the set?
A:After Jack, everything slowed to a grinding halt. My career was flat on its face, a runaway train going the wrong way. I had to derail it completely, even stop the bread-and-butter jobs on Lifetime that saved my house. I had to stop scolding myself with these things we say to ourselves as women—get off the couch, put down the pizza, you're awful, you're fat. If a man had treated me the way I was treating myself, I would have broken up with him. I took inventory and went back to acting school. Starting things up again while raising my son is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Q: And you did it! What can you tell us about the projects you're working on?
A: I co-star in the biopic, Amelia Earhart with Hilary Swank and Richard Gere. I play the wife of the man who created the image of Amelia. I leave him and he marries Amelia. I had so much fun. I wore a brunette wig and wonderful clothes from the 1920s. I also launched the Title IX production company with a partner. Our first documentary, directed by my 75-year-old mother, is called I Know A Woman Like That. It's in the editing room now.

Q: How did you become so confident?
A: I got older. As you age, you get smarter. I know who I am. I love watching my son thrive. I'm proud of this documentary I'm finishing up about women living vibrantly in their upper decades. I love my body. I don't really care if someone else doesn't like me. In my 20s, I was self-conscious. I had a strong personality but beneath it was a bundle of nerves. I'm not so hard on myself anymore. Success—that's it—success.