Nanny Goats in Panties: Interview with Uma Thurman. Yes THAT Uma Thurman

When is someone going to expose the fact that Hillary Swank and Matt Damon are the same person? Have you ever seen them in the same room togther? Have they both ever starred in the same film?

Also? They BOTH have that same upside down smile. You know what I mean. Where the corners are turned down instead of up even though their teeth are showing.

Anyway, I'm not the only one who thinks this, and as usual, that's not why I brought you here.

No, I called this meeting today to discuss the right way and the wrong way to interview a celebrity. And those of you at home might want to call up your favorite celebrity now and follow along as I walk you through the proper steps.

First of all, be specific. I was on the phone with Uma Thurman the other day and I asked her if she had a funny story about the filming of Motherhood, an upcoming movie where she plays Eliza, a stay-at-home mother (SAHM) and mommyblogger. She said she didn't have a specific funny story, although she did say "I think I threw my lower back out doing those endless pounding up-and-down-the-stair shots with dogs and it had been a few years since I'd had that back pack on. And I never liked those either. They make you feel like the baby is a not-very-well-secured ball of ice cream on a somewhat broken wafer cone. It's quite nerve-wracking how spindly and top heavy you feel with that thing on."

So while she did say something, I didn't make it very easy for her and Uma had to work harder to come up with an answer. What I should have asked, obviously, is what she was wearing. Or how she was able to eat at the studio commissary with those big thumbs while shooting Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, although that would have been a little off-topic. But "off-topic" is my middle name.

So yeah, I was a dork and essentially asked, "Do you have anything funny to say, DERRRRRRRR???"

Luckily, some other bloggers were on the call and had the decency to ask intelligent, thoughtful questions.

Like Jennifer (Hip as I Wanna Be) who asked Uma how the audience would relate to her character, Eliza.

In response, Uma told us that "The character is someone who has chosen to be a stay-at-home-mother and yet she's struggling with that decision. She feels fulfilled, yet compromised by being in total babyland and not stimulating other sides of herself."

Lara (Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom) asked her if she felt motherhood had been overlooked by Hollywood. See what smart questions you can ask if you just think about it for a minute? Maybe I was blank because with no kids, I had nothing to draw on. In any event, Uma said she did believe that motherhood has been "put on the third shelf" in Hollywood.

Mary (Wired Moms) wanted to know if she was surprised by anything during the production. Uma said she was surprised how the children that she worked with were such good actors, having never played a realistic mom before.

Motherhood is one of the first films to tackle the subject of mommy-blogging. Uma's character Eliza is a writer who blogs for a creative outlet. Kacey (Chronicles of a Mommy) asked Uma if she'd researched blogs for her role, and Uma admitted that she hadn't, saying: "I feel so badly telling you that."

Motherhood opens Friday, October 23 in New York, LA, San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago. The rest of the country will have the chance to see it beginning on Friday, October 30.