Helen Hunt Loved Being a Stay-At-Home Mom

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Helen Hunt’s debut as a screenwriter in Then She Found Me — a film in which she also starred and directed — was helped along, ironically enough, by a lack of high quality roles in the wake of her Academy Award-winning performance in As Good As It Gets. The 45-year-old actress admits, however, that a part would have to have been truly amazing to take away from her happy home life with partner Matthew Carnahan and daughter Makena’lei, 4. "There weren’t a ton of parts that were worth leaving my house to do," she says. "I loved being at home with my daughter, and taking two or three hours a day to write was good to do while being a stay-at-home mom."

As for Makena’lei’s unusual name, Helen shares that it means "many flowers of heaven" in Hawaiian, adding "it’s very meaningful for me."

Source: Metro

• Posted on Sep 16, 08 at 6:30PM
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3 Responses to “Helen Hunt Loved Being a Stay-At-Home Mom”

1. molly Says:
   September 16th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

   Where can i buy this shirt ?

2. SouthernBelle Says:
   September 16th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   I’ve always wondered how she pronounces Makena’lei. Is it Mah-ken-ah-lee? Or Mah-ken-ah-lay? Or something totally different?

3. molly Says:
   September 17th, 2008 at 1:23 am

   It must be the second one, makenah lay
   in Hawaiian they pronounce things like they write them

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