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I would not let my children act when they are young!
Everyone should dance more. Everyone should walk more.
I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
Sex has never been something I've done in my career - at all.
Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.
Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.
I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.
Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.
Eating a cookie never feels strange. I am a big believer in food in general.
It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.
I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.
I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though.
I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.
I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth.
I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.
I tend to come home and eat a bowl of cereal. I'm not thinking about baking a pie when I'm off work.
Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.
I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.
I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.
I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.
I don't have time for any special skin routines. Many a night I go to bed with the gloppy mascara and all.
I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.'
I don't think I ate a green vegetable until I was 30. I didn't grow up with a mom who enforced that at all.
I just thought that Adrienne [Shelly] wrote a great character [for Waitress]. It really was all on the page.
I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories.
I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.
Sometimes you don't want the truth. Sometimes you're like, "Oh just tell me the good answer. I don't want the truth."
Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.
There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.
People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'
I was a huge fan of 'Arrested Development,' and there's just something it tickles in me and it's bright and it's hilarious.
I think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.
I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.
People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.
You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.
Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.
Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.
When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.
I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.
Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me.
I'm naturally thin, so I don't have to work too hard at it. I love food, but I also love to work out. I think it makes everything work better.
The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.
You don't get to be the bad mom and still succeed at your job and be tough. It's such a good job because it's so rare. It's a really rare job.
Acting happened to me. If I had pursued it, I think it would have been like someone going to a bar, desperately looking for love and not finding anyone.
I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and cook dinners. And, for me, that balance is what makes it nice.
I wouldn't say that my experience making it [the Waitress] was necessarily uplifting, but watching it with an audience, I was surprised at how hopeful it was at the end.
I don't think, as a 15-year-old, you're that conscious about a lifetime career. I didn't think: "I'm a serious actor." I never studied acting or anything when I was that age.
I stayed really physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my normal pre-pregnancy workout, minus the stomach exercises and twisting. I really felt it helped my whole well-being.
That's interesting to hear you say that because watching it [the Waitress] for the first time at Sundance was fascinating - it was so different from the experience of making it.
Maybe I’m old, but to me, ‘going out’ means going out to dinner. It’s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.