Joely Fisher didn't have the most stable childhood as she and her sister traveled the world with her actress mother Connie Stevens. It wasn't until after high school that she met her father Eddie Fisher. Despite her less than normal upbringing, Fisher tells us she's happy now and she's doing the best she can to be a good mother to her own children.

"I think everybody in all the world tries to do the best they can. You try to take the stuff that you remembered that you liked from your childhood and you do that over again and improve upon it if you can," explains the actress, who stars in Fox's "Til Death" with Brad Garrett. "My mother is obviously a great influence on me. I was on the road with her and sat in the wings or fell asleep in bandstands.

"I didn't grow up with my dad," she reminds. "My parental woes were so well publicized that I think I knew all of the stories a little too young. I didn't have a father figure and my mom tried to keep it real. I think she did an ok job because I'm pretty normal, although I have my demons too."

While Fisher ended up following in the footsteps of her parents by pursuing a career in entertainment, she still hasn't decided if she likes the idea of her kids being in the business.

"It's such a tough thing. If they're talented and it seems as if they have a sparkle about them, I could see it happening. They like being on set and performing," says Fisher. "If you step foot in our house, they have a show for you they want to put on. They're not really showbiz kids, though. They go on the set and they know that's mom's job. They also swim everyday, they love movies, they love their schools so they've got very normal lives and that makes me happy. It feels really, really good."

Emily-Fortune Feimster