Mary-Louise Parker: 'I Would Daydream About' Adoption 'All The Time'

Access Hollywood - July 22, 2009 3:17 PM PDT
Story photo: Mary-Louise Parker: 'I Would Daydream About' Adoption 'All The Time'Mary-Louise Parker arrives at the official Showtime after party for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood

Mary-Louise Parker waited until she'd had a child of her own before adopting her daughter, Caroline Aberash. But the "Weeds" star told People it had been a childhood dream.

"I would daydream about it all the time," Mary-Louise told the mag, in her first interview on the subject. "I thought about the fact that there were children who didn't have anything, and I felt like I could help. It was something that weighed on me."

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The star adopted Caroline in August 2007, when she ventured to Africa with the organization Worldwide Orphans. She was already mom to William Atticus, now 5, her son with ex Billy Crudup - who reportedly left her during her pregnancy for actress Claire Danes. And the single star said sometimes she wishes she had a partner to share parenthood with.

"Sometimes, sure. I wish I could give them everything that was a perfect little family paradigm," she said. "But I can't. Honestly, I feel like that doesn't even exist, or at least I try to tell myself that when I am feeling bad about not providing it."

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Her adoption, she added, wasn't just to fill out the family.

"It was something I did for the world and for my son and then for me," she said. "And when I say the world, I also mean my daughter. Once I knew her, she became part of that. But it's hard raising two kids as a single person. It's a lot of pressure."

Still, she seems happy with her motherhood - and hanging out with her kids.

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"Sometimes I just look at them and I think, 'You are the two coolest people I have ever met,'" Mary-Louise said. "I was getting ready to come [out] tonight and my son came up to my trailer and said, 'Where are you going, my beauty?' I hear that, and I don't really need anything else."

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  • Cindy
    adoption is a great thing, however...how many kids here in the U.S. are in need of good homes too? Why do stars think it's necessary to go elsewhere to adopt a child "in need"? Makes me think that it is just to be trendy....
    report abuseposted July 24, 2009 12:01 AM PDT
  • Sharena
    thats great what she did not everyone is willing to do what she did. i really dont think that herjob will have anything to do with it that kid will live much much better.
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 11:04 PM PDT
  • Gomez Adams Obama
    Don't you go and try to adopt me from Africa, lady!
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT
  • Sarah
    I hope she's doing this because she really wants to and not because it's the "in" thing to do.
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:50 PM PDT
  • mahdi
    hello
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:41 PM PDT
  • mahdi
    hello
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT
  • mahdi
    hello
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT
  • mahdi
    hello
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT
  • Lily
    They are adopting from africa for a reason and it's their choice. Stop judging her for being successful. Karen she acts for a living she's not really doing drugs and she will provide more for those kids then normal people with regular jobs. What does her job have to do with her parenting?
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:18 PM PDT
  • christian hula girl
    Mid-life crisis!
    report abuseposted July 23, 2009 7:08 PM PDT
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