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SNL alum Tina Fey covers the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter and opens up about raising her two daughters – Alice, 11, and Penelope, 5 – with husband Jeff Richmond.

On her biggest mom worry: “The thing I worry about [more] than actual human interaction is the internet. Because that’s just despicable: people just being able to be awful to each other without having to be in the same room…It’s so easy for people to abuse each other and to abandon all civility.”

On if her daughters are faced with “jerky guys” in the future: “I worry, [but] I have confidence that they are both strong enough to fight back, and I think they will feel empowered to call attention to any wrongdoing in their lives.

On daily life with her daughters: “[They are] 11 and 5. One’s in fifth grade, one’s still in preschool. And so everybody’s up by 6:30, out the door to the bus. I take the dog out and run to the bus, come back, take the other one to school.”

On if children bring nothing but joy: “No, they augment your life and your perspective. And they wear you out. There’s a Stephen Sondheim song, “Being Alive.” It’s about how people you love just wear you out and irritate you and sit in your chair and make you lose sleep. But it’s what life is.”

On if her oldest is a good student: “So far. She’s a kid who just does her homework right away.”

On her best friends: “I have a group of women that I worked with at SNL — Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey, Paula Pell, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Rachel Dratch — and we talk as a group through the computer every single day. Dozens of times a day. And it’s very nice. It’s something we’ve come to in our 40s. It was easy when we worked at SNL: You’re on top of each other 60 hours a week. So it’s nice that we are maintaining this friendship.”

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