Teri Hatcher on being a Desperate Housewife

Teri Hatcher, beautiful at 41 and finally at peace after putting away the uncle who molested her as a child, is a central figure in Desperate Housewives, the soap that takes intrigue to a whole new level.

While Hatcher hasn't found quite as much fame as Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Felicity Huffman, she's enjoying a brisk career, acting, shining on red carpets everywhere and doing her first beauty commercial.

Here she talks about life, within and outside Desperate Housewives.

How different is shooting the second season of Desperate Housewives?

I think it is better and everyone knows each other so well now. And certainly for Susan (her role), I think the writing is getting better.

And we have kicked into a thing now that there is a doctor and an ex-husband and a plumber and there are a lot of fun emotions going all around.

Do you have any say in the storyline?

They have a very big cast and a very big arch of plots and mystery that they try to keep control of and it would probably be difficult if we were all constantly saying, "Well, what if my character" because you don't know how it is going to fit into the piece of the puzzle.

You've been described as a smart, funny, serious businesswoman. Do you agree?

A funny, smart, serious businesswoman. Wow, that is nice.

Yeah, I mean, it's easier when somebody else says that about you than to say it about yourself. I am a businesswoman and I'm creative and that's fun for me.

Does it surprise you that women in the more conservative Middle East enjoy Desperate Housewives?

I think it is good to remember that behind all of it, behind the different countries, and the different customs, we are all just these people trying to get through life.

What is your definition of Desperate Housewives?

What I like and what I think is funny about the title and accurate is that it can be hard, especially for women, to get through a day.

I think about my own life, get up in the morning, let the dog out, clean the cat litter box, make the breakfast, make the lunch, and drive the child to school. Come home, take a shower, go to work, you know, film all day; do the laundry.

What are your next projects?

Well I'm the new Clairol, Nice and Easy girl. My first beauty campaign at 41!

And I have a production company that I'm starting and we're hoping to produce a couple of movies and television shows in the next few years.

Hatcher reveals abuse

Teri Hatcher considered killing herself because of the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her depraved uncle from the ages of five to eight.

The Desperate Housewives star revealed her ordeal after helping police jail paedophile Richard Hayes Stone when she heard his abuse had caused a 14-year-old girl to take her own life.

"I'm 41-years-old, and it's time for me to stop hiding," she said.

The actress has been continually haunted by the horrific experiences, which only ended when she went "ballistic" because her mother had invited Stone for dinner.

The actress told Vanity Fair magazine, "I was just blown over by this girl's pain. I thought, 'Boy, that's really close to being me.'

"Any day of the week, I could feel that sort of pain. I haven't tried to kill myself, but I've certainly thought about it, and then I felt guilty about thinking about it, because what's so terrible about my life?"

Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk

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