It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret.

My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I've been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years.

They're pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are and aren't willing to portray. But the writers and the network are pretty much on the same page.

This is my third ABC show over the last four years, so we were afraid that nobody would find it. ABC was really struggling and so we just weren't very confident that it would find an audience.

We've all been around love enough to know how lucky we are. I've never seen anybody have a cross word on the set, and I'm there a lot. All the women just got brand-new trailers, so they're happy.

When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.

The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.

I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting.

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.

I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.

I've been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about.

It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid.

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.