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Christine Taylor became a household name in the '90s on "Hey Dude" and later appeared in movies like "License to Wed," "Dodgeball" and "Zoolander." But before she reprised her role in "Zoolander 2," the actress took a break to focus on family.
"I feel like being a mom, for me, has hands down been the priority… I feel like I struggled more when I started to go back to work because I would feel so guilty, and my daughter really made it hard when she was younger. It was before she could text or any of those things," she tells Good Housekeeping in it's March issue. "It was, 'Why are you going? Why do you have to leave me? Why?' Really dramatic! Now, she gets it."
"Last night when I landed here I had a happy family, they were existing without me for one night," she continued. "It's been pretty easy for me to sort of juggle both because my priories are always there with them, but it's great to be able to do a little work every now and then… When my husband's working or he's on a film, I tend to not work that time and vice versa, so we make it work, it's good."
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Speaking of her husband, Ben Stiller, the actress admits that she is no match for his "blue steel."
"Oh no, 'Blue Steel' is so not in my wheelhouse! I've watched my husband do it and I don't even know… mine is so bad," she reveals. "Our son has gotten really good too, he just does it and he just comes out with 'Blue Steel.'"
The couple's son, Quinlin, 10, showed off his dad's signature look at the "Zoolander 2" premiere in New York City on Tuesday. He is definitely giving his famous father some fierce competition!
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"Ben does a whole thing where he turns and looks. I just purse my lips and try to look very serious," Christine explains. "He does it great, like he gets a furrowed brow and he holds it and I would say that's one of the most fun things about being married to him because people will just yell at him on the street, “Blue Steel,” and he does it in a heartbeat, which I love. He's such a good sport about it."
Check out Christine's full interview with Good Housekeeping when it hits newsstands on February 16.
