In this MORE.com exclusive, the 42-year-old star reveals how her real life compares to her Sex and the City character’s.
She's Like Miranda
She has sex, just like the rest of the world.
"[The sex scenes] weren't so bad. I feel like, if I had been doing Kim [Cattrall's] part, it would have been different -- her sex scenes were extremely funny or extremely sexy, and sometimes both. But with my character, she's a person who gets naked and has sex, and this is something I know from my own life, so it didn't seem so weird. And everyone had a take on the nude thing. Sarah Jessica [Parker] would never ever ever do nude, no matter what. But for me, I thought, if you're having sex, you probably don't have a shirt on."
She had a baby in real life, and on the show (but not at the same time).
"I was starting to show just as we were going into the plotline where Miranda was trying to lose weight after giving birth. And that's a neat little trick! Sarah Jessica and I were pregnant at the same time; our sons are two months apart. It increases the pregnancy gear that comes in your general direction, so that's a plus."
She has other professional ambitions, and she's a woman in a man's world.
On deciding to direct after turning 40: "For a long while, I kept thinking, 'I'll direct something some time.' And now I feel like I really want to find a one-act play. I do not want to direct for film -- that seems really frightening. Even with our sweet, adorable crew on Sex and the City, they would give female directors a hard time."
