'Desperate Housewives' Star Has a Plan

Feb. 2, 2005 -- -- There are few women in Hollywood who wouldn't want to be Teri Hatcher.

She's the star of ABC's new hit television show "Desperate Housewives." Her physique has been the object of fascination in an episode of "Seinfeld." And for four years, she played the girlfriend of the most powerful man in the universe.

But in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, Hatcher, 40, says she wants to be doing something very different five years down the line -- though you could say it's still sort of "Housewives"- related.

"I would like to explore coming out with lines of products that help real women's lives. And help them feel better and good and have joy in their lives and laugh a little bit," the actress said.

Hatcher says she is interested in marketing and advertising -- as well as some aspects of homemaking. The interview was conducted at Hatcher's house, where the former Lois Lane of "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" was in the middle of baking a batch of cookies.

"I love actually the idea of being able to make real women feel good," Hatcher said. One example might be showing women how to make great cookies quickly.

"I think there's a place that isn't quite Martha Stewart, you know, that's so perfect," she said. "I'm sort of flawed and kind of nutty and goofy and insecure and messy. That's a lot of us, you know."

"'Desperate Housewives' has been hailed as "the hottest new show on television" and a social phenomenon comparable to the recently ended HBO series "Sex and the City."

The dramedy revolves around the lives of four suburban friends on sparkling yet sterile Wisteria Lane: a man-hungry divorced mom, a former career woman making a rocky transition to family life, a perfectionist homemaker and an adulterous trophy wife.

Hatcher plays the divorcee. There are elements in Hatcher's own personal history that might be relevant to her character today.