I Love Working With An Audience. I

I Love Working With An Audience. I Love Working With Actual People Who, You Know, If They're Moved, You See It. If You Say Something They're Stunned By, You See Their Jaws Drop. If They're Amused, They Laugh - That Kind Of Reinforcement, I Totally Adore.

My Son Has Been Known To Throw A Book At The Television Set When He Called For Me To Come Play And I Was Obviously Busy In The Box. But I'm Told That Children Of Television Performers Grow Up Thinking That All Mommies Or Daddies Work On Tv And That It's No Big Deal.

This May Sound Funny, But As Much As The 'today' Show Matured Me, It Also Was Something Of A Cocoon. I'd Been Happy There. I Never Went Into The Boss's Office And Pounded My Fist On The Desk, Saying, 'give Me More Money! Give Me A Prime-time Show!'

'good Morning America' Exploited Joan Lunden's Pregnancy, But You Won't See Me Bringing My Babies On The Air. The Only Reason I'm Talking About The Babies At All Is That They've Been With Me On The Show Since I Became Pregnant. After A While, I Had To Acknowledge This Pumpkin Tummy.

I Can Cook; But Not Well. I Figure I Have Six Years Until My Children Discover What Their Friends' Mothers Make For Dinner.