"I bought dolls for the first time in my life.
It was very exciting," she said.
Parker was in London recently to promote her latest movie "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" which opens Friday. Luckily, she's also been able to stock up on presents for her children during her visit. Beside the twins, she has a son, James, with husband Matthew Broderick.
Just like Parker and Carrie Bradshaw of "Sex and the City," her new character, Meryl Morgan, is a New Yorker. Unfortunately for Meryl, she is banished from her beloved Manhattan along with her estranged husband and forced to hide out in Wyoming after the two witness a murder.
Full of exuberance about New York, family, the holidays and, of course, her new movie, Parker sat down for a conversation with The Associated Press:
AP: So what attracted you to the "Morgans" role?
Sarah Jessica Parker: Hugh Grant. The idea of a romantic comedy with Hugh Grant.
AP: Would you class yourself as a New Yorker?
SJP: I would. I've lived there for 32 years now; it's the only place I've lived as a grown-up and it's everything I know. My home's there, my children, my extended family, my parents. I love a city, and I specifically love New York City, and I have from the very first moment I stepped foot on the island.
AP: How would you define a New Yorker?
SJP: Independent, candid, devoted, impatient, hospitable, proud.
AP: There's a scene in the film where Grant's character gives your character a CD of New York noises so that she can sleep. Do you share some of those feelings?
SJP: I really actually do, I have a problem with too much quiet - from the time I was a little girl, I think partially because I'm one of eight kids. It was always just chaos in my house. I always remember noise and for me, it's honestly like a lullaby
- the sound of sirens and taxis honking and people honestly screaming at each other, which we hear all the time. I love that.
