Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She has a graduate degree and a very serious lifelong interest in early childhood development.

It has always been a mixed bag, being the spouse of a political figure. Just as it is true that you and your family life come second, you also get great privilege and access to power, and power just on your own. They've known that, and we've known that, and that's a reason they haven't complained.

Jacqueline Kennedy rented and then built homes in the horse country of Virginia where she would take these Thursday to Tuesday weekends and just come back to the White House two or three days during the week.

Eleanor Roosevelt, during the years that she was first lady had a home at Washington Square park in New York City.

I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped.

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up.