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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Emily Mallory Procter is an American actress and activist. She played Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing and Det. Calleigh Duquesne in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Miami (2002–2012).
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.
If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.
It's not a bad idea to be single, so I can concentrate on my job.
I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis.
When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.
In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.
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.
Your child's not looking at you and going, 'Mmm, I love a clavicle. Let me nestle into that.'
It's so nice after 10 years as a blond actress in Hollywood to have people let you do smart things.
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.
To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.
I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.
I'm never going to be a modern gal. I love colonial. I love early American. I love a big rectangular piece of brown furniture on a hardwood floor.
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've always known I was adopted.
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.
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.
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.
Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.
It's funny, because I did all of these interviews as soon as I had the baby, and they were asking questions, and I really didn't have an idea of anything, because I was so blurry.
There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out and I ask myself, what am I doing?
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.
I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.
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.
180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!
Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.
I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.
I don't email.
I decided about a year ago, and I just feel like I want to see more personal style in people, and I feel like if I'm going to be out there in the public eye, they should see who I am and how I dress, and I feel like it, also.
I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting.
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.
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.
I always wear high heels.
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.
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 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.
It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So that's just going to have to wait.
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.
Rob Lowe is a sportsman and a ladykiller and it's impossible to be in a scene with him and not immediately begin to play tennis.
The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.
My cat, Kevin, has adorable habits - he waits for me while I'm showering because he loves to have his face washed when I'm done. And he also knows I keep treats for him beside the bed; he loves his treat at night before he goes to sleep - you know, like all men!
It was the first time, in the West Wing, I had ever read anyone write a Southerner properly. Because Southern women, in my opinion, are complicated and are equally feminine and driven. That's kind of an unusual combination and people usually tend to get it wrong.
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.