119MandyMoore - FINAL_Feature 1 / 14 / 19 12 : 44 PM Page 4 M ore in ore o S er six - year mar - It was at a time when h ( Life This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman , extremely talented and supportive cast riage to rocker Ryan Adams was ending in Itself , Crazy , Stupid , Love and T who feel like a second family , but she is he Guilt divorc also exploring this role from the ages of Trip ) , says that he can always count on e . 22 to 66 , “ giv Moore to go the extra mile . She is now married to Taylor Gold - ing her this unique lens of “ Mandy is a trouper . Once in a while a smith , th her life from so many different cross - e front man for the indie band scene won’t turn out , roads , the choices she’s made and how Dawes , and is drawing on both the raw or we realize in the it’s reflected in the present da emotions and great joy for her work on the course of shooting that we need some - y . This show . “ I feel like there’s enough catharsis thing else , ” he say show definitely has me thinking about s . “ When I recently through doing th my own life , the choices that I’ve ma asked her to go back in the age makeup e scenes and working de for one more shot , and I apologized for it , them out and talking about it , ” she says . and how family factors into where I see she re When she is not working , Moore my life going . ” plied , ‘ Why would you be sorry ; this w It takes from three and a half to four is the job . ’ ” akes up to a fragrant cup of coffee , hours to transform Mandy into a grand - Watching This Is Us with a box of tis - catches up on the news , checks her emails mo sues nearby is the norm because the and likes to nest in her house . A well - ther , and about an hour to remove the dynami known animal lover aging makeup — a process at the end of , she enjoys feeding cs between husband and wife , sib - the day in which she finds herself sitting and bonding with her dogs and cats . Part lings and the world around them , strikes a with a pile of hot towels on her face . of her routine is going to the gym to work chord with those who can relate to the “ I’ve don out or do yoga , but she is also family’s struggles . known for e it so many times at this “ In ge going on hikes in the Southern California point , ” she says , “ but initially it felt neral , I’m not someone who car - hills with her dogs . like Goldilocks and the Three Bears ; fi ries things around with me . But every time rst it “ Once I became an adult , I realized I talk was too old , then it was too young and th about the show , my eyes well up , ” e that I needed to ground mysel Moore explains . “ I’m a super - sensitive per - last time it was just right . ” f in the day son , and I feel like the show has ratcheted When she initially studied h before I start to tackle anything , ” says erself in the that up . Everyone o Moore . “ My idea of wellness is constantly mirror she wondered if she would re n the show is pretty sem - shifting , but I think it’s about having a emotional , but literally , I cry when I read ble her mother or her grandmother . “ I the scripts . All of us are pretty drained at don’t really think I look like either of them . comprehensive view of taking care of the end of the day . ” But if this is an indication , I wouldn’t be myself , whether it’s about my health , nutri - Before mad tion or fitness . ” the show came into her life , at that because their skincare regi - Her future appears very bright . She Moore was feeling stressed , confused , and men is out of this world , and they both wo her career and home life were floundering . look really good . ” uld love to do a musical , on Broadway or otherwise , because she loves both singing and acting . “ I feel more like an actress now than a singer ; this is my job , ” she says . “ This MOORE WITH is my first priority . ” MILO VENTIMIGLIA While other fans talk to their favorite IN THIS IS US actresses about lighter subjects , the view - ers she meets are all about the drama sur - rounding Rebecca and the Pearson family . “ The show has made me examine things in my life . It makes me want to talk to my family more , ” Moore says . “ It’s funny how people continue to come up and have conversations with me about their own lives . It’s crazy how personal people want to get about death and divorce and their estranged relationship with their child or their sister . ” So what other life lessons have her enduring career taught her ? “ I feel like I’ve learned over time to be a better listener , ” she reveals . “ I find it hard to watch myself on the screen because I feel like if I see my work from 10 to 15 years ago , I will be supercritical . ” Moore has also learned not to shy away from difficulties . “ I know that life is about the challenges . With every episode , I ask myself , ‘ How am I going to do this ? ’ But it’s a dream to remind myself that I’ve got to climb this mountain and figure out how I’m going to get there , and then I give n everything I have to make it happen . ” S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E | J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 | S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 2 3