Quotes By Emily Procter

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.

I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon! You have this relationship with this person in your belly and it's really amazing.

Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.

Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.

I've found that I've settled into myself a little bit more in last year and started wearing things that I feel comfortable with and my own style and... I decided to just embrace the person that I am and the look I like, and what I think is pretty.

In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.

180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!

If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

It's not a bad idea to be single, so I can concentrate on my job.

I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority.

I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.

I'm going to let myself off the hook, because if there's one thing that is not my focus at the moment, it's how much I weigh.

My house is very serious. It's a lot of antiques, and the way I decided to liven it up is, I paired it very vibrant colors and - bugs... I think that they're pretty. And I think that they're fascinating and they're natural.

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

I've always known I was adopted.

It's really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking. I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy, and it's a really incredible feeling. I'm so grateful I get to experience this.

I would love to tell you that I don't worry about losing the weight after the baby is born, but I do try to think before I eat. The first cookie? Definitely! But I try to think about if I really want to do the extra sit-ups before I eat the second one.

I always wear high heels.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

It's amazing what sleep does for your looks.

Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.

Your child's not looking at you and going, 'Mmm, I love a clavicle. Let me nestle into that.'

I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting.

It's a very weird thing. When you see your house naked, you feel very protective of it and of the people who lived here before.

I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis.