Justine Bateman

Justine Bateman (on her designing clothes when her daughter becomes a teen): Maybe. Or maybe she'll hate me. Isn't that the time you turn on your mother? I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, "Give me a call when you're done with all that."

Justine Bateman: I made [Courtney Love this spider-web sweater. It has a very irregular knit with elasticized wool so it looks like a shriveled wool torn-apart sweater for an eight-year-old. But when you stretch it over your torso, it looks really neat. When I got into [designing], there were just a few celebrities doing a clothing line. I think Kathie Lee Gifford had a line at Wal-Mart, and Monica Lewinsky had a line of handbags.

Justine Bateman: The cast [of Men in Trees] is full of really neat people. Like Emily Bergl- she has a fondue club. They get together and make fondue and share recipes. The last time I talked to her, she was like: "Can I call you right back? I'm brewing beer." She was brewing beer in her house! And John Amos? He's so cool, a legend. He lives on a boat in Mexico.

Justine Bateman (on Lynn's character being part of the script months before she appears): Yeah. Sometimes in theater, they'll talk about your character a lot before you enter, but that rarely happens in television. Lynn was mentioned in almost every episode up until I came in [last November]. Lynn had the best intro of any character I've ever had.

Justine Bateman (on how she got the role of Lynn on Men in Trees): This is going to sound is made-up, but I was on an airplane and [creator] Jenny Bicks was also on the plane. We didn't have a conversation. She saw me, called my agents and said, "Oh, can she play Lynn?"

Justine Bateman: I found the highest high by hitting the lowest low.

Justine Bateman (on playing parts more low-key than Mallory Keaton) I really like the anonymity that I enjoy now. It's much more relaxing, but I do miss the opportunities that come with having a hit show. I don't see who wouldn't. You have a lot more opportunities when you're on a hit show. That was a different time. If that show was popular now, I would have a lot more opportunities than I did back then.

Justine Bateman (on working with George Hamilton in Hollywood Mom's Mystery) I had a couple of scenes with him. He's a funny guy. I love working with people who have careers that span decades. It makes it interesting, to listen to all their stories.

Justine Bateman (on progressing from teenager to adult in the public eye) I think to be in the public eye from 16 to 23 is a really weird moment because that's the time somebody's discovering what kind of adult they are in society. I think to do that while people are watching — and watching so critically — really makes you too self-conscious and makes you question what you're doing and doubt what you're doing, instead of exhibiting yourself as you are ... To be able to do that while enduring criticism for it makes you pull away.

Justine Bateman: ...when they'd say, "You look anorexic," I'd take it as a compliment.

Justine Bateman (on her dedication to the TV show 24) I think the writing is fantastic. I'm an absolute fan of Kiefer Sutherland. I know Kiefer, and I think he's fantastic.