Katie Holmes: My Family Is My World

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 7th 2009 09:49AM

Actress Katie Holmes is honored in Elle Magazine as one of the top women in Hollywood. The wife and mother admits her family life has had a positive influence on her career and despite living in the spotlight, she's just a All-American Ohio girl at heart.

After the jump, Holmes chats about her daughter Suri Cruise, why she loves vampire movies and her love for fashion.

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On family life: "In my own life, my whole world really revolves around family. I do what I need to do, but it's like, 'How is everybody else doing?' And it's wonderful for me as an actress to put some of that into a character."

On life as a working mom on the Broadway set of 'All My Sons':
"Suri would sit in my lap in the makeup chair. She'd hand the wig lady the bobby pins."

On fashion: "I love Alaia, for sure. Stella McCartney. I like Ralph Lauren because I feel like it's very American, and I'm pretty all-American, from Ohio. Isabel Marant and a new designer, Sari Gueron."

On the genre of film she loves most: "It can be any genre. I even like vampire movies – they just have to be well done. I want to believe in the characters. The minute it starts to feel not real, I'm not interested."

Check out ELLE Magazine's "Women In Hollywood" issue which honors actresses Emily Blunt, Renee Zellweger, Julianne Moore and Zoe Saldana. See all five covers and more exclusive interview excerpts.

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