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Jul 07 2008 09:00 AM ET
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Julianne Moore says she's "lucky, lucky, lucky"

Moorefamily Fans of Freckleface Strawberry ($8) — Julianne Moore‘s first children’s book, published last fall — will be pleased to learn that a sequel is in the works.  The new title character will be more like Julianne’s 6-year-old daughter Liv Helen, however, whom the 47-year-old actress credits with being "much spunkier than I was." In a new interview with The Guardian, Julianne said that "it’s so nice" being a mom to Liv and her brother Caleb, 10 ½, and that she is "lucky, lucky, lucky" to have had both a son and a daughter with husband Bart Freundlich. "I always tell my little girl that I can remember lying in the bathtub when I was pregnant," Julianne said, "and I say I wished and wished for a girl and got her."

The nature of their jobs require Julianne and Bart, a director, to at times be away from their children, however; When they are working on a film together "it can be rough," Julianne admitted. After a prolonged absence, Julianne said she likes to follow some advice given to her by fellow actress and friend Ellen Barkin.   

She said: ‘Don’t go back to work for as long as you possibly can. Sit on the couch with the remote in one hand and the baby in the other. The whole adjustment is so enormous, and you are never going to get that time back.’  And she also said: ‘Never carry a diaper bag, because it makes you look terrible. Put them in your purse.’

Julianne and Bart were married in 2003.

Source: Guardian.co.uk; Photo by Marion Curtis/Startraksphoto.com.

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Does anyone else think that Caleb looks like a child version of Bill Gates? I do like this family, I remember seeing an interview with Julianne a couple of years ago when she was in England. She came across as very down to earth, a wonderful person.

- phoebe on

I read that article last night I can’t believe Julianne didn’t learn to drive til she was 26 and I believe it said she didnt learn to swim tils he was 27!wow!she is so lucky to hav such beautiful kids and a wonderful marriage :D I love reading about her and seeing photo’s of her gorgeous family!keep them coming!!

I lov Ellen’s advice and the diaper bag thing is just hilarious!

- Amanda on

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