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ABC’s “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh has a life almost as dramatic as her show. She’s dealing with the stress of a broken marriage, her lack of children, a cross-country move, and a far too hot costar which contrasts to her body which she describes as “looser”. She’s on the cover of \u00a0April’s\u00a0More <\/em>magazine which hits stands\u00a0March 22nd, but I’ve already got the highlights from that cover story here. Kate’s humorous spin on her big, sometimes difficult life makes her relatable, cause even in Hollywood … sometimes things just hit the fan!<\/p>\n On her tabloid divorce to film executive Alex Young: <\/strong>\u201cOh my God. The worst thing ever.\u00a0 It was so public, and yet it was so legal-embroiled.\u00a0 You couldn’t talk about anything\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n On lessons learned from marriage and a short courtship: <\/strong>(The couple married after dating for just seven months only to announce their divorce 14 months later), \u201cI’ve always had the courage thing down, but then I had to develop the rest. I\u2019ve learned to seek other people\u2019s counsel more. That\u2019s a good part of growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On not having children:<\/strong> \u201cI feel like a loser.\u00a0 I would definitely love to be a parent.\u00a0 But I definitely don\u2019t think I want to do it on my own.\u00a0 Things are just going to go the way they go\u201d\u2026 \u201cI thought I\u2019d be married and have three or four kids.\u00a0 I always knew I wanted to be an actress, but I think I always wanted a quote-unquote normal life because I had a very untraditional upbringing.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Lady Gaga\u2019s 2010 Video Music Awards meat dress:<\/strong> \u201cThe explanation was so convoluted; it was like, \u2018Freedom and Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell- I\u2019m trying to get that repealed\u2019\u2026and I was like, \u2018What?\u00a0 You\u2019ve lost me\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why Walsh decided to go on The Tonight Show wearing a dress festooned with plastic sushi: <\/strong>\u201cI do stuff just to amuse myself.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Shonda Rhimes Delivering her Private Practice News: <\/strong>On the day Shonda summoned her to her office to give her the good news (her own show, Private Practice), \u201cShonda called me into her office. She and I are friends, but I\u2019m still thinking, what\u2019s wrong? Panic. I thought I was in trouble. A real principal\u2019s office kind of moment.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On similarities to Addison Montgomery<\/strong>: \u201cWhat happens after your dream comes true? Then What?\u201d Walsh says. The Show is about \u201creal issues, what it\u2019s like to be a woman in your forties, childless, in a relationship, been married, divorced.\u201d Walsh pauses, then intone joking, \u201cNot that there are any parallels to my life!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On forgetting she\u2019s not a real doctor:<\/strong> \u201cA friend is pregnant, and I was asking her questions as if I were some sort of expert.\u00a0 I mean, who do I think I am?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the high-heeled shoe trick she learned from her character in Private Practice: <\/strong> \u201cI walk from the car to here, then I take them off.\u00a0 If you think about it, in the OR, Addison doesn’t wear them.\u00a0 She wears Crocs.\u00a0 So she just really walks down the hall in her heels looking badass, then goes back to her desk and sits.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shonda Rhimes on Kate Walsh<\/strong>: \u201cKate\u2019s very socially adept in the sense that when she comes into a room, she\u2019s very funny and self-deprecating, and you think, She\u2019s kind of great!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shonda Rhimes on Kate Walsh\u2019s Grey\u2019s Anatomy Audition<\/strong>: \u201cI don\u2019t remember what her reading was like, just that she [left] and I thought, That\u2019s Addison\u201d\u2026\u201dshe also seemed smart, strong and beautiful but not creepy-beautiful, so she\u2019s believable as a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Taye Diggs: <\/strong>\u201cHe’s an Adonis. It certainly requires you to take care of yourself.\u00a0 But I like to eat food, and I don\u2019t diet.\u00a0 I do Pilates, and hike with my dog.\u00a0 It\u2019s weird.\u00a0 As you get older, everything changes.\u00a0 Everything starts getting\u2026looser.\u00a0 But I think it\u2019s important to accept that.\u00a0 I\u2019m lucky.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got pretty good genes.\u00a0 But I think it\u2019s a weird thing to fight it.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On passing time by updating her Twitter: <\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s mildly addictive.\u00a0 But when you\u2019re on the set so much, you can kind of check in on people. In a strange way it keeps you company, this world of Twitter people.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On remembering her first year in Los Angeles:<\/strong> \u201cI was so overwhelmed, I didn’t know how to move around the city\u2026I think I\u2019ve always created community.\u00a0 That\u2019s part of moving around so much.\u00a0 I can create an instant home.\u201d\u00a0 She adds with a laugh, \u201cI think that\u2019s served me well and other times not served me well.\u00a0 Like thinking, Oh, hey!\u00a0 Let\u2019s get married.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On her self-designed \u201cBoyfriend\u201d fragrance:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s all my investment.\u00a0 It was a big thing to go, OK, I\u2019m doing this!\u00a0 I\u2019m making this whole thing come together.\u00a0 My feeling was, if this is successful, it would afford me a little freedom to do what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On her child wanderlust:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s easy to romanticize the past.\u00a0 When I lived in New York, I lived in a rent-controlled apartment.\u00a0 I had three bills to pay: rent, gas, and electric phone.\u00a0 A very simple life.\u201d\u00a0 Then she reminds herself that 15 years ago she was waitressing unhappily in jazz clubs at night, going to auditions during the day and wondering if a big break was ever going to come her way.
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