Quotes from Keri Russell

People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.

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.

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.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

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.

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 wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

People expect all women to react the same to pregnancy. But anyone who's been around pregnant women knows that it's not all cutesy and sweet. You spaz out and you're angry and you have tantrums.

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

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.

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

I think people like to be thrilled and excited. And a scary movie is a safe way to do that because you're not actually doing it. It's entertainment. You know that you're in the confines of this two-hour space of safety in the movie house.

Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in.

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.

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 am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.

I don't have time for any special skin routines. Many a night I go to bed with the gloppy mascara and all.

While 'Felicity' was successful in the States, and I had opportunities to do other stuff, I didn't want to do anything to make myself more famous. I wasn't dealing well with the celebrity of all of that. I was 23 - just a kid - and not coming from money, it was all just too much. I just wanted to slow it down a little bit, and gain control.

I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen!

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 love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.