Katie Holmes' mother is her inspiration.
The 35-year-old actress credits her supportive mum Kathleen for influencing her own parenting style with her seven-year-old daughter Suri, and says she has always admired her homemaking skills.
Speaking in the new issue of ELLE magazine, Katie said: "She's an amazing woman. She's very creative and loving. She still sends us all care packages - things she sees when she's out that make her think of one of us. She'll send it with a beautiful card, great wrapping and ribbons. She makes everything just perfect."
The former 'Dawson's Creek' star worries about Suri - whose father is her ex-husband Tom Cruise - growing up in today's society because of the external influences they are exposed to, especially on the internet.
Katie ensures she always protects her child and lets the youngster know she is loved very much as often as possible.
She mused: "Children are exposed to so much more than we were. I suppose every generation goes through that feeling, 'Oh my god, it's so different from how I grew up.' I think the basics are very important: the number one thing is making sure my child feels loved. And that what she does and who she is, is special and important, and should be celebrated. And my mom always said, 'No one loves you like your mother'."

Sir Richard Branson insists Lady Gaga will find a "pretty good" costume for her performance in space.
The 63-year-old businessman admitted the 'Born This Way' hitmaker -who is set to sing outside of the Earth's atmosphere following the launch of his Virgin Galactic commercial space flights next year - is yet to come to him with concept ideas but is looking forward to the forthcoming project, which will cost $250,000 per seat.
Quizzed about whether he's excited about sending Gaga into space, he said: "Of course, yeah. It is going to be most exciting thing I have done in my life - just the whole space programme, which I already am a few months off.
"I got a feeling she'll [Gaga] find one [costume] which is pretty good."
Richard is a huge fan of Peter Gabriel, who was catapulted into the spotlight in the late 60s as part of rock band Genesis, but admits he tries not to constantly reminisce about the former generation of music.
Talking at the WE Day UK Event at London's Wembley Arena on Friday (07.03.14), he told BANG Showbiz: "I always avoid the older person saying the music of the next generation is not as good as their generation but I was very lucky I did live in the time of great bands but I'm sure the music's just as good."
Ellie Goulding, Prince Harry's girlfriend Cressida Bonas, Jennifer Hudson and former 'X Factor' UK contestants joined Richard on the red carpet for the event, which promotes global youth empowerment.

Oprah Winfrey gave a dress away to a Twitter follower for her wedding.
The generous talk show host made a fan's dreams come true after gifting her the lavish white dress she wore on the cover of Essence magazine's Hollywood issue earlier this year.
Twitter user @snobaby28, who is believed to be called Brandi, tweeted Oprah after seeing the cover, which features her, 'The Butler' co-star Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
She wrote: "@oprah you look beautiful in that essence cover pic. WOW. CAN I please have that dress? Cuz I know u won't wear again lol luv u (sic)"
Oprah responded: "@snobaby28 you're right I won't wear ever again contact my asst. and show her this tweet. (sic)"
It appears the bold and unusual request was granted, as a week later Brandi wrote to the 60-year-old star again after receiving the dress and declared she will wear it on her wedding day.
She wrote: "@Oprah THANK YOU! Recv beautiful dress. Plan to wear at my wedding when I find a groom lol but will twt pic wearing it soon. Luv u to life! (sic)"
Oprah is no stranger to surprising her fans with gifts and has previously stunned studio audiences on her talk show, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', with her generosity.
The star infamously gave cars to every member of her audience in 2004, cheering, "You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car!"
And in 2010, to mark the final season of the show, she flew her entire audience out to Australia for a week of episodes taped Down Under.

The Duchess of Cambridge is unhappy with the £1 million revamp of Kensington Palace.
The 32-year-old royal is reportedly disappointed with the "horrible" décor inside 20-bedroom apartment and is keen to change the colour scheme, despite already having spent the staggering some of cash.
Catherine, who gave birth to Prince George last July, is thought to have hired help in the form of a flamboyant interior designer but has changed her mind on the colour scheme she chose while pregnant.
A source told the Mail Online:"She tried to do the revamp cheaply with the builders who did the kitchen, and she got Dulux paints to match the Farrow & Ball colour palette to save money. But she wasn't happy with the result, and one room came out with a horrible, unexpected purple tinge. She's blaming it on her hormones before the birth."
According to the newspaper, Ben Pentreath has been tasked with brightening up the royal residence which Catherine and Prince William moved into in October.
Ben - who insiders compare to Prince Diana's interior designer Nicky Halsam - had studied at Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture before working on Prince Charles' Poundbury model village in Dorset.

Harry Styles has been writing songs with Kodaline.
The One Direction hunk is currently in Los Angeles, California, penning and recording tracks with the Irish band, with the finished collaboration expected to feature on the group's second album.
The 'High Hopes' hitmakers took to their official Twitter account yesterday (06.03.14) to share the news with their fans.
They tweeted: "In the studio with @Harry_Styles in LA writing a tune, sounds massive. He's gone and done a drawing of us.. x (sic)".
The quartet - consisting of Steve Garrigan, Jason Boland, Vincent May and Mark Prendergrast - have been working on the follow-up to their debut album 'In A Perfect World', which reached number three in the UK charts last year.
Drummer Steve said previously: "We're constantly writing new tracks, it's just a case of recording them.
"We started road-testing songs on tour. Playing to a crowd is better than writing it and seeing what happens.
"We've been told the next album won't be released till 2015 but we want to record and write as it's what we love doing."
Meanwhile, Harry, 20, admitted to the group earlier this month that he was a big fan of their's after watching them at a gig.
Frontman Steve said: "Harry turned up to the first show and randomly came over to say he was a big fan.
"We ended up going out that night to have a few drinks.
"He is such a cool dude. He's got no ego about him and seems really down to earth."
One Direction are currently on a three-month break before kicking off their 'Where We Are' stadium tour next month.

Mel C has collaborated with Peter Aristone.
The 40-year-old singer and the up-and-coming musician are set to release their new single 'Cool As You', which explores the early stages of a relationship between two lovers, later this month.
Mel said: "I have been lucky enough in my career to work with various artists and I always enjoy collaborating, especially with other vocalists. As soon as I heard 'Cool As You' I was excited to be involved with the project and Peter was a pleasure to work with."
'Cool As You', which will feature on Peter's forthcoming album '19 Days in Tetbury', will be the second release by the singer following his debut single 'Sunlight', which was a massive hit last summer.
Peter said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be working with an international recording artist of Melanie C's standing. To have this happen on my second single release in the UK is like a dream come true for me."
Meanwhile, Mel C is performing a 'secret gig' at the trendy Queen of Hoxton pub in East London on Wednesday (12.03.14) and, with a 250 capacity restriction at the venue, it's likely to be packed out.
'Cool As You' will be available from March 31, 2014, on iTunes and '19 Days in Tetbury' will be released in the Autumn.
To listen to another track, 'All We Can Dream', from Peter's upcoming album, you can check out his soundcloud: Soundcloud.com/peter-aristone/all-we-can-dream

Union J's Josh Cuthbert would have tried out for 'The Voice' if he hadn't made it on 'The X Factor'.
The 21-year-old heartthrob first auditioned for the ITV talent show on his own in 2007 and later with Union J - which also includes Jaymi Hensley, George Shelley and JJ Hamblett - in 2012, but Josh claims he would've gone to rival singing competition 'The Voice' if he was turned away by the 'X Factor' judges.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz prior to Union J's live set at M&M's World in London's Leicester Square yesterday (06.03.14), he said: "I would have just kept trying and would've done it through any avenue possible. So yeah, I probably would have gone on 'The Voice' or something like that, but I'm glad we managed to make it through 'X Factor'."
The 'Carry You' hitmakers performed a number of tracks from their self-titled debut - including 'Beautiful Life' and 'Loving You Is Easy' - for an exclusive crowd to celebrate the launch of the store's new personalised printer service, and Josh admitted that he thinks they all get equal attention from their female fans.
He said: "I think because we're all quite different ... there's not one of us that gets more attention than the others, because we all appeal to different people."

Peter Capaldi's first 'Doctor Who' episode is "thrilling".
Writer Mark Gattis has described the Twelfth Doctor as an exciting change from previous incarnations played by David Tennant and Matt Smith and thinks fans will be pleased with Peter's debut episode which was written by show boss Steven Moffat.
He said: "Peter has a very different energy to Matt Smith and to David Tennant. He's older which changes everything ... it's amazing what a change does!
"Matt was sublime and I was very sorry to see him go, but it's also great to have a change, as it has always been with the Doctor."
Mark looks forward to seeing how Peter's Time Lord tackles situations and reacts differently to the previous Doctors.
He added to Digital Spy: "The Doctor's always the Doctor - but you can have a lot of fun playing with people's expectations. Everyone knows how the previous Doctor would react in any given situation and now you just don't know!"
The eighth series of 'Doctor Who' is currently being filmed in Cardiff, Wales, with Peter being joined by Jenna-Louise Coleman, reprising her role as Clara Oswald.
It was recently revealed that former 'Emmerdale' actor Samuel Anderson is also joining the sci-fi drama as a recurring companion, Danny Pink.

Michael B. Jordan has addressed criticism about his 'Fantastic Four' casting.
The 27-year-old actor puts the controversy surrounding his role as the Human Torch - a character who can absorb fire into his own body and is able to fly - down to fans who "don't like change".
This comes after questions of skin colour were raised since the African American actor will star as the brother of the Invisible Woman, played by Caucasian Kate Mara.
Jordan told Cinefilos.it: "It was expected.You kind of know going into it that people are used to seeing something one way. It's a continuity thing more than anything. People don't like change too much.
"But annoyed? Eh, just kind of accept it. It is what it is. You can't make everybody happy. You just got to accept that and know."
Jordan insists he is still "excited" about the role and is focussing on doing the "best job" he can.
He explained: "I'm an actor. I have to do my job. I'm going to do my job the best I can and the way I've been doing it my entire life, my entire career.
"I don't really let it bother me at all. I just kind of go into it and do the best job I can and walk away from it. We'll see what happens."

Uma Thurman is in talks for 'American Ultra'.
The 43-year-old actress is in negotiations to join 'Adventureland' co-stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in the action comedy which will be helmed by 'Project X' director Nima Nourizadeh, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The film follows the story of an "unmotivated stoner" named Mike (Eisenberg) who lives with his girlfriend (Stewart) in a small, sleepy town where their lives take an unexpected turn as he becomes the target of a government operation to wipe him out.
'Kill Bill' star, Thurman, will take on the role of a government worker who is furious upon learning that someone wants to kill Mike - who she trained as a sleeper warrior - and she will "fight back like a momma bear protecting her cub".
Anthony Bregman, David Alpert and Britton Rizzio are producing and they're excited about the project.
Bregman previously said: "American Ultra will be the most fun you can possibly have in a movie theatre without the use of drugs, fireworks, or canola oil."
Filming is expected to begin next month with Kevin Scott Frakes of Palmstar Media Capital and Raj Brinder Singh of Merced Media Partners stepping in as executive producers.

Jourdan Dunn is in complete awe of Beyoncé.
The model of the moment has been a fan of the R&B superstar ever since she was nine years old and embarrassed herself when she first met her idol at the Met Ball in New York City last May by asking if she could "hold" her.
She told Miss VOGUE magazine: "I used to pretend I was the fifth member of Destiny's Child. She saw us, smiled and began walking over. We both turned to see if Jay Z or someone was nearby. She said, 'Hi,' and told us that she thought we were beautiful. I think I said, 'Can I just hold you?' "
Jourdan achieved her life's dream this year by starring in the video for her track 'Yoncé' alongside Chanel Iman and Joan Smalls but she was nervous about the singer judging her performance.
She gushed: "I was the first one up, and Beyoncé came in and sat behind the screen to watch. It was like, 'Oh my god, no pressure!' "
The beauty - who also hosts a cookery series, 'Well Dunn' for Beyoncé's husband Jay Z's YouTube channel - was amazed to receive a personal invitation to the showbiz power couple's New Year's Eve party this year.
Jourdan enthused: "There were only about 45 people there. I walked down the stairs and saw Beyoncé on the dancefloor. She came right over and gave me a big hug. I love her!"

Jared Leto was "surrounded by hippies" growing up.
The Oscar-winning actor - who paid an emotional tribute to his mother in his Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech on Sunday (02.03.14) - has revealed much of his childhood involved foraging in forests and sleeping in tents, which is a world away from his recent success in movie 'Dallas Buyers Club'.
He said: "As a kid I was surrounded by hippies in a tepee in a commune in the forest. We certainly weren't thinking of awards shows!"
Jared, 42, was heavily influenced by the arts growing up but never imagined he'd have a career in movies or in rock music with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
He explained: "I was more interested in art ... I'm an art school dropout. But really, I just wanted to be a creative person who could make things."
While he has earned numerous accolades for his role as HIV positive transgender woman Rayon in 'Dallas Buyers Club', the star was reluctant to return to movies as he was so passionate about music.
Jared told The Guardian newspaper: "I was busy and fulfilled with Thirty Seconds to Mars. I wasn't looking to make a film. I hadn't made one in years and I was beginning to think maybe I'd never make another one. But they were persistent and I thought the character was astounding."