Source: People
Magazine
Date: May 21st 2001
Submitted by: Jeanine | site
Jane Kaczmarek and Bradley Whitford may be television's hardest working
couple: Both star in popular series (Whitford, 41, plays the Deputy Chief of
Staff on NBC's The West Wing, and Kaczmarek, 45, is the harried mother
of four boys on Fox's Malcolm in the Middle.) In real life, they're
the harried parents of two - Frances, 3, and George, 1 - and avid tennis players.
The duo recently kicked off USA Tennis Month at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in
New York City and talked to Scoop about the real-life love match.
Why tennis?
Kaczmarek: It's not just about getting out there
and humiliating the competition. It's a great way for families to do something
together.
What's best about the sport?
Kaczmarek: I really like to talk when I exercise. Tennis
lets you talk while you're playing.
Whitford: It's great therapy too. Fire
your shrink and get a racket.
When did you both start playing?
Whitford: I was a tennis player in high school.
Kaczmarek: I grew up playing in an alley on the south
side of Milwaukee.
Whitford: And if you hit a rat, it was in.
How did you two meet?
Whitford: I was doing a play at the Lincoln Centre in 1989, and Jane's
best friend was playing my sister. Jane came to see the play and started stalking
me. [The couple married in 1992.]
You're both Wisconsinites. Coincidence?
Whitford: Actually, yes. I found out she knew what a cheese curd was, so
I married her.
Kaczmarek: We did talk
about cheese on our first date.
Whitford: If that doesn't get you hot, nothing
will.
Teaching the kids to play tennis?
Whitford: They're just [aged] 3 and 1, so right now we're trying to teach
them how to use the potty.
Kaczmarek: All they're
good for now is running to get the balls.
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