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Busy Philipps on "Cougar Town," "Dawson's Creek" reunion

Actress Busy Philipps sits down with CBS News' Lauren Moraski to chat about "Cougar Town," her summer plans and if she would like to see an official "Dawson's Creek" reunion special
Busy Philipps talks acting, motherhood 06:18

Busy Philipps is fully ready for summer.

The 34-year-old actress, who welcomed her first daughter Birdie in 2008, gave birth to a second daughter Cricket in 2013. So, she's planning to spend the summer months with her girls -- and in the sun. It's part of the reason she teamed with Banana Boat to help launch its "Best Summer Ever" initiative -- and why she's reminding parents and kids alike to lather up with sunscreen.

The 34-year-old actress recently stopped by CBS News to chat about the upcoming final season of TBS' "Cougar Town," motherhood and buzz over a "Dawson's Creek" reunion.

Check out what she had to say below and in the video above.

On finding out her character on "Cougar Town" is pregnant at end of season 5: "Since I, Busy Philipps, was just pregnant in real life -- IRL the kids say -- I was a little bummed because I just spent half of season 4 hiding my pregnancy and then all of season 5 losing my baby weight on camera. I had to go back five weeks after giving birth and I'm not Gisele [Bundchen]!"

On her career trajectory: "I feel like 'Freaks and Geeks' was my high school. 'Dawson's Creek' was my college years and then 'ER' was like grad school and now I'm a silly grown-up on 'Cougar Town.'...I guess the twist of the show is that Laurie ended up being the only cougar on the show because she's now dating Travis -- having a baby with Travis -- who's so much younger than she is."

On buzz about a "Dawson's Creek" reunion: "If there is, no one has spoken to me about it. And Michelle [Williams] and I very close friends and no one has spoken to her either, although her character did -- spoiler alert -- die. So, I don't know how she would come back...Why, why why would we want that? I don't want that...I think the ending was so great."

On naming her second child Cricket: "When you give birth you watch a lot of television in those first early weeks because you're not doing anything. You're not leaving anything. You're not leaving the house. You're just stuck next to a sleeping infant that needs to eat every two hours. So I saw all the things on all the news programs...where people would talk about my kids' names and I need to be honest with you -- they're both actual names...We think they're sweet names. And to be honest Cricket was not on our list. We had a list of names that we thought she was going to be and she came out and I looked at her and my husband said, 'Which one is it?' And I said, 'It's neither one. I don't know. We have to come up with a new name.'...It actually got to the point where Cedars called us at home and said, 'You have to come back and name this baby -- bring in the certificate. We have to submit it.'"

On motherhood: "I'm always outside with my kids. I like to be creative. I work a lot when I'm shooting my show but when I'm not it's full-on mom-time. And I try to make things fun and interesting for my kids especially the 5 year old. Obviously the baby's just along for the ride at this point."

On beauty tips: "The very first thing -- you have to protect your skin from the sun and then on top of that moisturizing and then on top of that drinking water. Hydration is key for good skin. I drink so much water. I have a huge reusable water thing -- and I'm constantly refilling water throughout the day. My husband [screenwriter Marc Silverstein] made fun of me when we first got married...He's like, 'I cannot find one more giant cup of water sitting around this house.' Because I would just place them everywhere so he bought me a huge reusable jug so now I just use that."

On her sunscreen regiment: "I grew up in Arizona so I feel like the awareness off sun safety was a little bit higher just simply because of where we lived and it's sunny 90 percent of the year. And also I was blessed with all these birthmarks and freckles."

On summer and upcoming plans: "I feel really lucky. I have the best job in the world. We don't go back to shooting 'til right after Labor Day. So, I'm a full mom all summer long. We're going to the beach. We have a couple of vacations planned. I shot this little indie movie with my friend Jason Nash who's a comedian and it's called 'Jason Nash is Married.' And it's coming out June 24 on VOD -- the day before my birthday...It's a little sweet movie that he wrote and we star in -- and there's a ton of hilarious comedians that are in it as well."

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