Felicity Huffman put motherhood on hold because she was worried that having kids would ruin her career.
The star who was 38 when she had her first child says that her experience as a mom is actually what helped her to land her gig on the hit TV show Desperate Housewives.
“Both Bill [Felicity's husband, William H. Macy] and I were workaday actors and you never make any money. You’re sure that your last job is your last job and there’s no security to start a family,” she said.
“So I kept waiting because my idea was that children would end my career. But oddly enough, it was because of my children that I got Desperate Housewives. I was such a mess at the audition when I came in as a real mother.”
Felicity says she spends time with her daughters Sophie, 10, and Georgia, 9 when she’s not working.
“I take my children to school, I pick them up after school, and I do those ordinary things like going shopping or to the dry cleaner,” she said.