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Growing up in a family of political journalists—and daughter of President Reagan’s White House social secretary—Ali Wentworth rebelled against her blue-blood upbringing, embracing Hollywood, motorcycles, even a few wildly inappropriate marriage proposals. Today she is an acclaimed comedic actress and writer, former Oprah regular, wife of political and media star George Stephanopoulos, and a mother who lets her two girls eat cotton candy before bed. Though she’s settled down, her rebellious nature thrives in her comedy and her view of her crazy world.

The first time I was in college, once we got through the obligatory first semester, we were able to plan it so we didn’t have classes on Friday, leaving us with a lovely three day weekend that started on Thursday night.

I firmly believe that freedom comes from limitation -- that spontaneity exists within an ordered framework. Friends marvel at my feats of calendaring. The first day of a new semester, I'll have the month laid out hour by hour: what I'll be reading at Sunday brunch, when I'll hit the gym and with whom, where I'll take my dance breaks, coffee breaks, dinner breaks. Then I forget to figure in time for cleaning and dressing myself and the schedule has to be revised.