Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Frances Kaczmarekis an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Lois on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. Kaczmarek is a three-time Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy Award nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 December 1955
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
busy code donate evening family includes lives putting
We kind of had the same code about what we wanted our lives to be like. That includes putting family before career, and not being to busy to donate an evening to old friends.
almost alone beds calling dishes hang kids parenting sure
You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.
good-day thinking fingers
I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.
nice joy tennis
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
perfect peaceful feelings
Gardening is peaceful, yet there is a great element of failure. It's the perfect metaphor for life -- a lot of pleasure, then it's over. There's great satisfaction in tending something, feeling it needs you, even if it's just a plant on your windowsill.
jobs teaching hardest-job
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.
thinking years roles
When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.
crazy play people
Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.
awards shapes shows
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.
comforting wisconsin midwest
There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.
girl baby differences
For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.
children husband real
Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.
tennis
Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.
divorce track horrible
Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.